Academy Awards, USA 1945
| Nominee Oscar | Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color Ernst Fegté Howard Bristol |
| Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture David Rose |
RKO Radio Pictures
Directed by David Butler
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, MGM)
Pirate spoof in which Bob Hope plays a vaudeville style actor caught up in the kidnapping of a princess played by Virginia Mayo. They both happen to be on the same boat that a bloodthirsty pirate known as The Hook captures. Hope escapes by dressing as a gypsy woman but Mayo is kidnapped and held for ransom. They develop a mutual friendship, and, Hope believes, a budding romance. Complications develop when tattoo artist Walter Brennan uses him in a scheme to steal The Hook's treasure. They end up on a crazy pirate island performing at the Bucket of Blood to earn their hotel rent. The Hook soon shows up to claim his ransom. Hope's jokes are insufferable as usual and even Brennan can't save it, with his maniacal laugh forced and just plain irritating. The final gag was pretty good, though.
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