My Favorite Brunette
He's a hilarious hawkshaw... with a case on Dottie!
6.6
64 votes
March 19, 1947
1h 27m
Comedy
Mystery
Romance
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.
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Cast
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
Jack La Rue
Tony
Charles Arnt
Crawford
Anthony Caruso
First Man on Death Row (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Henri - Head Waiter (uncredited)
Jack Rube Clifford
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