Synopsis
Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train for Los Angeles. Aboard, he meets an attractive, blonde British agent carrying a coded message hidden in a brooch—and is being pursued by Nazi agents.
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Cast
- Bob HopeLarry Haines
- Madeleine CarrollKaren Bentley
- Gale SondergaardMadame Stephanie Runick
- George ZuccoDr. Hugo Streger
- Lionel RoyceKarl
- Walter KingsfordDr. Wallace Faber
- Victor VarconiMiller
- Otto ReichowLanz
- Esther HowardMrs. Topley
- Edward GarganMulrooney
Recommandations
- 80
Empire
Enjoyable Hitchcock spoof with much chemistry between the leads and some cracking one-liners. - 80
The New York Times
Bob is the hub of the picture, and Director Sidney Lanfield has kept the confusion spinning around him. That is entirely gratifying, for, in these times, we can't have too much Hope. - 75
The A.V. Club
Hard-to-follow action and a silly, inconsistent tone work against the film, but Hope's reluctant can-do attitude and wry comments keep the energy level up. - 75
Chicago Reader
One of the better Bob Hope vehicles. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
Hope is wonderful, with something smart to say no matter what the situation. His smug behavior is very funny (far and away superior to anything he ever did in the television work that made him rich) and the pacing is as good as it usually is in these Hope comedies. - 70
Variety
A progressively funny film. - 70
The Observer (UK)
The blonde in this funny, lively Bob Hope thriller is one of Hitchcock's favourite blondes, Madeleine Carroll. The picture evokes her most famous Hitchcock film, The 39 Steps, and uncannily anticipates North by Northwest. [12 Dec 2004, p.95]
