• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1947-03-19
  • Runtime87 minutes
  • TaglineHe's a hilarious hawkshaw... with a case on Dottie!
  • RevenueNot Available
  • GenreComedy, Mystery, Romance
  • Production
    CompaniesHope Enterprises, Paramount Pictures
  • BudgetNot Available

Movie Overview

Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate her missing husband, Baron Montay, Ronnie finds himself agreeing. Several days later he is on death row whiling away the hours until his execution by recounting to a group of reporters the bizarre tale of how he ended up there.

Casts

Bob Hope

Dorothy Lamour

Peter Lorre

Lon Chaney Jr.

John Hoyt

Charles Dingle

Reginald Denny

Frank Puglia

Ann Doran

Willard Robertson

Jack La Rue

Charles Arnt