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Baby photographer Ronnie Jackson, on death row in San Quentin, tells reporters how he got there: taking care of his private-eye neighbor's office, Ronnie is asked by the irresistible Baroness Montay to find the missing Baron. There follow confusing but sinister doings in a gloomy mansion and a private sanatorium, with every plot twist a parody of thriller cliches.

He's a hilarious hawkshaw... with a case on Dottie!

Genres: Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

Starring: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre

Released: April 4, 1947

Runtime: 87.0

Popularity Rating: 1.197

Hope Enterprises

United States of America

Ronnie Jackson Bob Hope
Baroness Carlotta Montay Dorothy Lamour
Kismet Peter Lorre
Willie (as Lon Chaney) Lon Chaney Jr.
Dr. Lundau John Hoyt
Major Simon Montague Charles Dingle
James Collins Reginald Denny
Baron Montay Frank Puglia
Miss Rogers Ann Doran
Prison Warden Willard Robertson
Tony Jack La Rue
Crawford Charles Arnt
First Man on Death Row (uncredited) Anthony Caruso
Prison Guard Captain (uncredited) Jack Rube Clifford
Harry (uncredited) Bing Crosby
Sam McCloud (uncredited) Alan Ladd
George - Prison Guard Sergeant (uncredited) George Lloyd
Second Man on Death Row (uncredited) Clarence Muse
State Trooper Sergeant (uncredited) Ray Teal
Bell Captain (uncredited) John Tyrrell

Art — Art Direction: A. Earl Hedrick
Art — Art Direction: Hans Dreier
Art — Set Decoration: John MacNeil
Art — Set Decoration: Sam Comer
Camera — Director of Photography: Lionel Lindon
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Edith Head
Directing — Director: Elliott Nugent
Editing — Editor: Ellsworth Hoagland
Production — Casting: Harvey Clermont
Production — Producer: Bob Hope
Production — Producer: Daniel Dare
Sound — Original Music Composer: Robert Emmett Dolan
Writing — Screenplay: Edmund Beloin
Writing — Screenplay: Jack Rose
Writing — Writer: Bob Hope