Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Olive Films)
Bob Hope is a vaudeville comedian opening for a burlesque act. He just happens to look exactly like a spy wanted by the government. He gets picked up by the police and handed over, where he is convinced to impersonate the spy and fly to Tangiers. There he barrages us with one liners and silly gags, like dressing as the back half of a camel in a nightclub act. Hedy Lamarr provides him with an outlet for his juvenile playboy tendencies. The final act has Bob hanging from a speeding fire truck ladder, an old silent movie gag. He makes liberal use of stunt doubles, not only for the fire truck, which is understandable, but throughout the movie, even for relatively simple physical comedy. There are no laughs at all, and it goes on forever.
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