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.
Bob Hope
Ronnie Jackson
Dorothy Lamour
Baroness Carlotta Montay
Peter Lorre
Kismet
Lon Chaney Jr.
Willie
John Hoyt
Dr. Lundau
Charles Dingle
Major Simon Montague
Reginald Denny
James Collins
Frank Puglia
Baron Montay
Ann Doran
Miss Rogers
Willard Robertson
Prison Warden
Director
Elliott Nugent
Screenplay
Edmund Beloin
Tagline
"He's a hilarious hawkshaw... with a case on Dottie!"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Production
Hope Enterprises, Paramount Pictures
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