Where There's Life (1947)

In New York, a radio comic (Bob Hope) is kidnapped by agents from a small country called Barovia. It seems he is the heir to the throne of the assassinated monarch but they must get him to Barovia to be crowned before the same radical underground group that murdered his father assassinates him. Directed by Sidney Lanfield (THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES), this is one of Hope's lesser comic vehicles. The one liners are hit and miss though fortunately they tend to hit their mark more often than not. The plot is preposterous but I wish the script wasn't so ragtag. Hope is in fine form but there's only so much he can do with the weak material. Hope fans (like me) should be okay with it but others may not be so charitable. With Signe Hasso, William Bendix, George Zucco, George Coulouris and Norma Varden.