Hold That Blonde! (1945)

A wealthy kleptomaniac (Eddie Bracken) turned to theft when he was spurned by a girl. His psychoanalyst (George Zucco) advises him to find another girl. So he fastens his interest on a girl (Veronica Lake), who happens to be helping a criminal gang steal a valuable necklace. Based on the play THE HEART OF A THIEF by Paul Armstrong and directed by George Marshall (DESTRY RIDES AGAIN). As a comedy, it's hit and miss, mostly miss. There's a scattering of genuinely funny bits but Marshall doesn't know when to quit. There's a sequence where Bracken (who's good at the physical comedy) wearing only a towel is hanging on a window ledge but it goes on and on and on, way past its humor expiration date. Lake is lovely but she's not much of a comedienne so it's left to Willie Best (much subtler than usual) to provide the best comedic moments. With Albert Dekker, Donald MacBride, Jody Gilbert and Norma Varden.