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My Favorite Brunette(1947)
Status: Released
Date: 1947-03-19
66%
54 Votes
Time: 1h 27m
He's a hilarious hawkshaw... with a case on Dottie!
Overview:
Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate her missing husband, Baron Montay, Ronnie finds himself agreeing. Several days later he is on death row whiling away the hours until his execution by recounting to a group of reporters the bizarre tale of how he ended up there.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Hope Enterprises
Movie: My Favorite Brunette
Top 10 Billed Cast
Bob Hope
Ronnie Jackson
Dorothy Lamour
Baroness Carlotta Montay
Peter Lorre
Kismet
Lon Chaney Jr.
Willie
John Hoyt
Dr. Lundau
Charles Dingle
Major Simon Montague
Reginald Denny
James Collins
Frank Puglia
Baron Montay
Ann Doran
Miss Rogers
Willard Robertson
Prison Warden
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Overview
Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate her missing husband, Baron Montay, Ronnie finds himself agreeing. Several days later he is on death row whiling away the hours until his execution by recounting to a group of reporters the bizarre tale of how he ended up there.
Release Date
1947-03-19
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6.639
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3.3 startsTagline
He's a hilarious hawkshaw... with a case on Dottie!
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