Comedy · United States of America · 1942 · 1h 18m

My Favorite Blonde

Director

Cast

Bob Hope as Larry Haines Madeleine Carroll as Karen Bentley Gale Sondergaard as Madame Stephanie Runick George Zucco as Dr. Hugo Streger Lionel Royce as Karl Walter Kingsford as Dr. Wallace Faber

Crew

William C. Mellor — Director of Photography William Shea — Editor David Buttolph — Original Music Composer Frank Butler — Screenplay Don Hartman — Screenplay Norman Panama — Story

Tagline

HELP! SHE'S AFTER ME! IS THERE A BRUNETTE IN THE HOUSE?

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.

Mood & Themes

nazi spy vaudeville performer

Key Collaborators

Sidney Lanfield Director William C. Mellor Director of Photography William Shea Editor David Buttolph Original Music Composer Frank Butler Screenplay Don Hartman Screenplay Norman Panama Story Melvin Frank Story Edith Head Costume Design

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