The Great Lover
“Hope at his funniest!”
1949•NR•1h 20m•7.1•Released
Comedy
The French Surete and private eye Higgins are after a killer who uses innocent young Americans in a crooked gambling racket, and who sets sail on an ocean liner that also carries inept scoutmaster Freddie Hunter and his troop of boys. Freddie, who's been a "boy scout" too long, has designs on gorgeous Duchess Alexandria. The boys, far better organized than Freddie, are determined to save him from himself. But who will save Freddie from being the killer's next victim?
Director
Alexander Hall
Writer
Edmund Beloin, Melville Shavelson, Jack Rose
Languages
English
Studio
Hope Enterprises
Cast
Bob Hope
Freddie Hunter
Rhonda Fleming
Duchess Alexandria
Roland Young
C.J. Dabney
Roland Culver
Grand Duke Maximillian
Richard Lyon
Stanley Wilson
Gary Gray
Tommy O'Connor
Jerry Hunter
Herbie
Jackie Jackson
Joe
Wright Esser
Steve (as Karl Wright Esser)
Orley Lindgren
Bill
Curtis Loys Jackson Jr.
Humphrey
George Reeves
Williams
Jim Backus
Higgins
Sig Arno
Attendant
Jack Benny
Jack Benny (uncredited)
Production
Company
Hope Enterprises
Company
Paramount Pictures
Producer
Edmund Beloin
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