Norman Z. McLeod
Alias Jesse James
Bob Hope plays a 19th-century insurance agent whose miserable sales record prompts his boss to send him out West, where he can (supposedly) do little harm. Hope manages to sell a $100,000 life insurance policy--to outlaw Jesse James (Wendell Corey), one of the worst "risks" in history! In his efforts to get the policy back, Hope finds himself being mistaken for Jesse, which is all part of the outlaw's plan to get Hope killed and thereby collect the policy money himself. But with the help of beauteous Rhonda Fleming (the essentially honest beneficiary to Jesse's policy), Hope gains a reputation as a lightning-fast gunslinger. In the inevitable shoot-out with the James gang, Hope is helped out by several famous Westerners, including Gary Cooper, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, James "Maverick" Garner, and even Tonto (Jay Silverheels).
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Casanovas store eventyr
Lavish settings and breathtaking costumes add to the delight of this comedy set in 18th-century Italy. Bob Hope's a tailor who impersonates the swashbuckling lover Casanova and ends up in absolute boudoir bedlam.
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Mesterspionen
Bob Hope is up to his famous nose in danger in this espionage comedy. Second-rate burlesque comic Peanuts White (Hope) is approached by federal agents who think that he's international spy Eric Augustine, to whom Peanuts bears a striking resemblance. When they realize that Peanuts and Eric are two different people, the FBI persuades him to travel to Africa posing as Eric and fetch a batch of microfilm that could prove vital to national security.
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Let's Dance
Former dancing partners Kitty McNeil and Donald Elwood, reunited after WWII, find love for one another as war widow Kitty attempts to maintain custody of her son from the boy's wealthy grandmother, who wants her to live in a way according to the customs of her dead husband's class. Fred Astaire as a supper club performer offers superb dancing.
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