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14 April 1939 (USA) morePlot:
Bob Hope is being stalked by a predatory widow who is a widow of wealthy husbands many times over. Martha... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Unusual early pairing of stars moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Martha Raye | ... | Mickey Hawkins | |
| Bob Hope | ... | John Kidley | |
| Andy Devine | ... | Henry Munch | |
| Alan Mowbray | ... | Prince Smirnov | |
| Gale Sondergaard | ... | Juno Marko | |
| Sig Ruman | ... | Poppa Ingleborg (as Sig Rumann) | |
| Ernest Cossart | ... | Jeepers | |
| Paul Harvey | ... | Jasper Hawkins | |
| Frances Arms | ... | Momma Ingleborg | |
| Ivan F. Simpson | ... | Kretsky (as Ivan Simpson) | |
| Monty Woolley | ... | Dr. Schmidt | |
| Foy Van Dolsen | ... | Kretsky's bodyguard | |
| Christian Rub | ... | The mayor |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
82 minCountry:
USALanguage:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Filming Locations:
Paramount Ranch - 2813 Cornell Road, Agoura, California, USAFun Stuff
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One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. moreQuotes:
Man who loads pistols: There's a cross on the muzzle of the pistol with the bullet and a nick on the handle of the pistol with the blank. moreSoundtrack:
The Tra La La and The Oom Pah Pah moreFAQ
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No masterpiece, but interesting in its own right. Martha Raye, for once, is playing it straight, and not doing the broad comedy/singing routine that was part of her 1930s Paramount films. (She really didn't show this side of her talent again until she had her regular TV variety show in the 1950s. Bob Hope had not yet become the familiar "Bob Hope", wise-cracking and egotistical; rather, here he plays a light comedy romantic lead rather in the British music hall manner. The love scenes between the two are often rather touching in their sincerity. The supporting cast is excellent, especially Gale Sondergaard, the predatory villianness whose shooting skill, which hangs ominously over Hope's head as she forces him into marriage during the entire film, provides the deus ex machina to resolve the romantic plot in a surprise turnabout. The fact that all other roles are played so broadly helps highlight the relatively subdued Raye and Hope performances. In fact, there are several surprises along the way, including the fact that boy and girl marry at about a third of the way through the movie; then fall in love. Very enjoyable.