On an ocean voyage from France to America, a private detective (Jim Backus) is in pursuit of a card shark and murderer (Roland Young,
TOPPER). The con man dupes a naive scoutmaster (Bob Hope) traveling with his troupe into unknowingly acting as his accomplice. One of the weaker Hope vehicles, the one liners are substandard and I think I only laughed out loud once, when Hope acted as a ventriloquist for a Russian wolfhound. Rhonda Fleming makes for a comely heroine and it's a pity the film wasn't shot in Technicolor to take advantage of her particular brand of beauty. Though the film isn't a musical, she and Hope have a charming duet
Lucky Us by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans who had written the Oscar winning
Buttons And Bows from Hope's
THE PALEFACE the previous year. Directed by Alexander Hall (
HERE COMES MR. JORDAN). With Jack Benny, Roland Culver, George Reeves and Richard Lyon.
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