Lovely Madeleine Carroll reverses (well, sort of) her situation in Hitchcock's "The Thirty-Nine Steps" as a British "agent" in World War II who has to get a McGuffin from New York to California by enlisting the aid of wise-cracking Bob Hope.
No one ever cracked wiser than Hope and he's hilarious. But his constant shtick leaves any actual plot thin on the ground. The kindest thing one can say is, the movie is episodic.
On the plus side, the movie has a surprising guest star. Or, in retrospect, not so surprising.
After constant wisecracking, even the great Bob Hope can wear a bit. But he's game and keeps it up to the end. It's his movie all the way. We can see why he kept a revolving door of writers.
Nice stunt in the early scenes, btw. Keep your eyes peeled for it.
No one ever cracked wiser than Hope and he's hilarious. But his constant shtick leaves any actual plot thin on the ground. The kindest thing one can say is, the movie is episodic.
On the plus side, the movie has a surprising guest star. Or, in retrospect, not so surprising.
After constant wisecracking, even the great Bob Hope can wear a bit. But he's game and keeps it up to the end. It's his movie all the way. We can see why he kept a revolving door of writers.
Nice stunt in the early scenes, btw. Keep your eyes peeled for it.