Starring Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal, Douglass Montgomery, Gale Sondergaard
Directed by Elliott Nugent
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)
A wisecracking radio actor tries to protect a beautiful young heiress from a vicious killer after her fortune.
Bob Hope fires off a steady stream of jokes, many of which are still pretty funny, in a good old-fashioned mystery, adapted from the 1927 film of the same name. Hope's paired here with the ever-charming Goddard and well-supported by a professional cast, including familiar character actors George Zucco and Gale Sondergaard. The mystery is well sustained throughout, with good spooky atmosphere provided by the requisite mysterious mansion with secret passages, situated against the background of a Louisiana swamp.
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