superstar though he may have be and i have to confess that i be never that impressed with bob hope comedy . admittedly and my exposure to him come late in his career and mostly through his television special in the 1970 which the elder member of my family insist on watch . give his superstar status and i think i would try out a bob hope movie when i come across this one . in all honesty it what i would have expect amuse rather than outright funny and with a somewhat confusing story that hold my interest but be never well enough explain . this be one of those movie that start at the end and then use flashback to explain how the end come about . in this case and hope play ronnie jackson and a baby photographer who a the movie open be sit on death row wait to be execute . jackson dreamt of be a private eye and and a the result of a case of mistaken identity and end up be hire by countess montay ( dorothy lamour ) to help find her miss uncle . here where the confusing mystery come in . what be tell be that montay have an appointment at the state department and that it have something to do with uranium . there also a bunch of bad guy out to find a map which end up in jackson possession . aside from that and the mystery wasn not well explain . of the bad guy and peter lorre be ok and somewhat mysterious and but i think that lon chaney ( in a somewhat limited role ) be really quite good and as well a be a somewhat sympathetic character . hope and lamour be fine while hope type of comedy essentially what i remember from the 70 tv special . there a very brief cameo from bing crosby at the end of the movie and respond to ( out of character ) by hope and who say that guy will take any part he can get . it not an outstanding movie by any mean and and it also not a bad movie . mediocre seem to suit it well . 4/10 .