My Favorite Brunette (1947)
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71% of critics liked it
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73% of users liked it
(1,866 ratings)
Just as Bob Hope's My Favorite Blonde (1942) was a takeoff on Alfred Hitchcock, Hope's My Favorite Brunette was a lampoon of the noirish "hard-boiled detective" school popularized by Raymond Chandler. Awaiting execution on death row, Hope tells the gathered reporters how he got… More Just as Bob Hope's My Favorite Blonde (1942) was a takeoff on Alfred Hitchcock, Hope's My Favorite Brunette was a lampoon of the noirish "hard-boiled detective" school popularized by Raymond Chandler. Awaiting execution on death row, Hope tells the gathered reporters how he got into his present predicament. It seems that Hope was once a baby photographer, his office adjacent to the one leased by a private detective (played in an amusing unbilled cameo by Alan Ladd). While hanging around the p.i.'s office, Hope is mistaken for the detective by beautiful client Dorothy Lamour. She hires Hope to search for her missing uncle, and also entrusts him with a valuable map. Hope's diligent (if inept) sleuthing takes him to a shady rest sanitarium, where he runs afoul of lamebrained henchman Lon Chaney, Jr. and sinister, knife-throwing Peter Lorre. Both are in the employ of attorney Charles Dingle, who is responsible for the disappearance of Lamour's uncle. Escaping the sanitarium with Lamour in tow, Hope follows the trail of evidence to noted geologist Reginald Denny. The geologist is murdered, and Hope is accused of the crime. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Elliott Nugent
- Written By
- Edmund Beloin, Jack Rose
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Apr 4, 1947 Wide
- Studio
- Madacy Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Phil Hall, Film Threat
Mild, minor, typical Hope romp.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Bob Hope comedy of errors with the one-liners a bit on the thin side, but Lon Chaney Jr. adds a little nutty fun and Peter Lorre some sinister noir atmosphere.
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Bob and Dottie in a great send-up of the film noir genre.
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Cast
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Bob Hope
as Ronnie Jackson
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Dorothy Lamour
as Carlotta Montay
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Peter Lorre
as Kismet
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Lon Chaney Jr
as Willie
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John Hoyt
as Dr.Lundau
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Charles Dingle
as Maj. Simon Montague
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Reginald Denny
as James Collins
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Frank Puglia
as Baron Montay
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Ann Doran
as Miss Rogers
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Willard Robertson
as Prison Warden
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Jack LaRue
as Tony
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Charles Arnt
as Crawford
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Tony Caruso
as "George Raft" Type
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Jack Chefe
as Henri the Headwaiter
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Jack Clifford
as Prison Guard-Captain
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Charles Cooley
as Waiter
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Bing Crosby
as Guest Star
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Boyd Davis
as Mr. Dawson
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Thomas P. Dillon
as Policeman
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Budd Fine
as Detective
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James Flavin
as Mac the Detective
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Al Hill
as State Trooper
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Brandon Hurst
as Butler
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Richard Keene
as Reporter
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Alan Ladd
as Sam McCloud
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George Lloyd
as Prison Guard-Sergeant
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Matt McHugh
as "Jimmy Cagney" Type
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Clarence Muse
as Man on Death row
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Garry Owen
as Reporter
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Helena Phillips Evans
as Mabel
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James Pierce
as Detective
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Reginald Simpson
as Assistant Manager
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Ray Teal
as State trooper
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Harland Tucker
as Room clerk
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John Tyrrell
as Bell captain
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Ed Johnson
as Caddy
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Betty Farrington
as Matron
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Theodore Rand
as Waiter Captain
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Joe Recht
as Newsboy
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Jean Wong
as Mrs. Fong
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Tom Dillon
as Cop
