Rotten
It's just too clear how hard the boys were trying.
Variety Staff, Variety
Overview
Bumbling reporter Robert Kittredge has been fired after bungling his latest assignment. His career isn't all he's botched up: his girlfriend Chris is tired of waiting for him to marry her. When he gets a hot tip on some Nazi spies operating in Washington, D.C., he convinces Chris to help him break the story so he can get his job back. The pair soon find themselves in several awkward predicaments as they track the criminals down in a night club, a burlesque show, and face a final showdown at a beauty salon.
Director and cast
- David Butler Director
- Bob Hope as Robert Kittredge
- Dorothy Lamour as Christina Hill
- Lenore Aubert as Mrs. Vanescu
- Otto Preminger as Fauscheim
- Eduardo Ciannelli as Baldanacco
- Marion Martin as Gloria
- Donald Meek as Little Old Man
- Phyllis Ruth as Sally
- Gino Corrado as Café Bartender (uncredited)
- Bing Crosby as Music Box (voice) (uncredited)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
20%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It drags in some critical phases, it labors in obvious spots and the climax is too manufactured. But there are side-splitting moments in it.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
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