Cancel My Reservation (1972)

Director:

Paul Bogart

Writers:

Bob Fisher (writer)
Louis L'Amour (novel)
(more)

Release Date:

21 September 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Mystery

Plot:

Bob Hope is a stressed out talk show host who is sent on a vacation to Arizona on doctor's orders and has to play Sherlock Holmes with his wife, the lovely Eva Marie Saint, to solve a series of murders that has Bob as the prime suspect. |

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Cast

Bob Hope	...	Dan Bartlett
Eva Marie Saint	...	Sheila Bartlett
Ralph Bellamy	...	John Ed
Forrest Tucker	...	Reese
Anne Archer	...	Crazy Hollister
Keenan Wynn	...	Sheriff 'Houndtooth' Riley
Henry Darrow	...	Joe Little Cloud
Chief Dan George	...	Old Bear
Doodles Weaver	...	Cactus, Deputy Sheriff
Betty Ann Carr	...	Mary Little Cloud
Herb Vigran	...	Roscoe Snagby
Pat Morita	...	Yamamoto
Gordon Oliver	...	Mr. Willie Sparker
Isabella Hoopes	...	Elderly Lady
Buster Schaefer	...	Doc Morton
Tracy Bogart	...	Teenage girl
Trudy Bordoff	...	Teenage girl
Richard Yniguez	...	Motorcyclist
Priscilla Garcia	...	Motorcyclist
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Johnny Carson	...	Himself, Johnny Carson (uncredited)
Bing Crosby	...	Himself (uncredited)
John Wayne	...	Himself, John Wayne (uncredited)
Flip Wilson	...	Himself, Flip Wilson (uncredited)

Directed by
Paul Bogart

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Bob Fisher		writer (as Robert Fisher)
Louis L'Amour		novel "The Broken Gun"
Arthur Marx		writer

Produced by
Bob Hope	....	executive producer
Gordon Oliver	....	producer

Original Music by
Dominic Frontiere

Cinematography by
Russell Metty		(as Russell L. Metty)

Film Editing by
Michael A. Hoey

Art Direction by
Rolland M. Brooks

Set Decoration by
Anthony Mondell

Makeup Department
Mary Keats	....	hair stylist
Mike Moschella	....	makeup artist (as Michael Moschella)
Thomas Tuttle	....	makeup artist (as Tom Tuttle)

Production Management
Nathan Barrager	....	production manager (as Nathan Barragar)
Igo Kantor	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
R. Robert Rosenbaum	....	assistant director

Art Department
Monroe Liebgold	....	property master
Ed Shanley	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
Vic Carpenter	....	production sound mixer
Charles Grenzbach	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Bud Grenzbach)

Special Effects by
John Coles	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Richard Borland	....	key grip
Alfred Cline	....	camera operator (as Al Cline)
Earl C. Williman	....	gaffer
Earl Williman Jr.	....	gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Vou Lee Giokaris	....	wardrobe
Barton Kent James	....	wardrobe

Music Department
Dan Wallin	....	score mixer

Transportation Department
Allee G. Reed	....	transportation captain (as Allee Reed)

Other crew
Wayne Fitzgerald	....	title designer
Kasia	....	fashion consultant
William Lawrence	....	assistant to executive producer
Marshall J. Wolins	....	script supervisor (as Marshall Wolins)

Production Companies

• Naho Productions

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1972) (USA) (theatrical)
• MGM-EMI (1972) (UK) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1975) (USA) (TV) (original airing)

Other Companies

• Phoenix Film Office  special thanks

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:G

Filming Locations:

Arizona, USA

Company:

Naho Productions

Trivia:

Last theatrical release that Bob Hope ever starred in.

Quotes:

[Riding on the back of a motorcycle.]
Dan Bartlett: We can pick up my stomach on the way back!

a fun flick, no more, no less.

Unlike many of the these reviewers, Cancel My Reservation does not take itself too seriously. It is no more than a fun flick, without pretensions of high drama. Much of the seemingly stilted dialogue may indeed be deliberate self-parody. The film reminds me of the old Saturday double feature presentations, for those of you who can remember those afternoons at the movies. Relax, and enjoy it as a pleasant diversion, as well as for nostalgic reminders of actors and comics of years past. Bob Hope is a true classic, who provided us with years of pleasure, and who had the courage to tackle many forms of entertainment. He was able to laugh at himself about his film flops, much as Jack Benny did with his The Horn Blows at Midnight. (And the critics are on the mark about the nubile Ms. Archer.)