My Favorite Brunette

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My Favorite Brunette
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Directed by	Elliott Nugent
Produced by	Daniel Dare
Written by	Edmund Beloin Jack Rose
Starring	Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	March 19, 1947 U.S. release
Running time	87 min.
Language	English
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My Favorite Brunette is a 1947 movie spoofing movie detectives and the film noir style. Starring Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour, it also features Lon Chaney, Jr. playing Willie, a character based on his Of Mice and Men role Lennie; Peter Lorre as Kismit, a comic take on his many film noir roles; and cameo appearances by film noir regular Alan Ladd and Hope partner Bing Crosby. The movie is now in the public domain and most copies of it available today are of poor quality.

[edit] Plot

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Hope plays a photographer who dreams about being a real private detective like his friend Sam McCloud (Ladd). One day he is mistaken for a detective by a mysterious lady in distress (Lamour) and soon finds himself involved in a murder mystery.

[edit] Featured cast

Actor	Role
Bob Hope	Ronnie Jackson
Alan Ladd	Sam McCloud
Dorothy Lamour	Baroness Carlotta Montay
Frank Puglia	Baron Montay
Peter Lorre	Kismet
Lon Chaney Jr.	Willie
John Hoyt	Dr. Lundau
Charles Dingle	Major Simon Montague
Reginald Denny	James Collins
Ann Doran	Miss Rogers