Mistaken for a notorious spy by the name of "Eric Augustine" (Bob Hope) a burlesque comedian named "Peanuts White" (also played by Bob Hope) is arrested by military intelligence and questioned about the location of some microfilm that contains information vital to American interests. To their surprise, while the questioning is being conducted, they soon learn that their actual target has been wounded in a gunfight and taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. To that effect, they decide to recruit Peanuts for a top-secret mission to help recover the microfilm before it falls into the wrong hands. But in order to do that, Peanuts has to convince several enemy agents--with one in particular being a former girlfriend of Eric's by the name of "Lily Dabray" (Hedy Lamarr) who has a score to settle with him. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was an okay comedy which relied heavily upon one-liners written exclusively for Bob Hope. And although some succeeded, it should also be noted that some did not. That being said, while I don't consider this to be a bad comedy by any means, it also had its drawbacks here and there, and I have rated this movie accordingly. Average.
Review of My Favorite Spy
