My Favorite Spy

1951

93 Min

Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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DIR Norman Z. McLeod

CAST Bob Hope, Hedy Lamarr, Francis L. Sullivan, Arnold Moss, John Archer, Luis Van Rooten, Alden 'Stephen' Chase, Morris Ankrum, Angela Clarke

Synopsis

Burlesque comic Peanuts White (Bob Hope) bears such a striking resemblance to international spy Eric Augustine (also Hope) that government agents turn to Peanuts to complete Augustine’s unfinished mission when he gets injured on the job. Hilarity ensues as Peanuts assumes Augustine’s identity and proceeds to charm his way into a topsy-turvy world of intrigue. Hedy Lamarr co-stars as a mysterious beauty with shifting loyalties.

Director

Norman Z. McLeod

Norman Zenos McLeod (September 20, 1898 – January 27, 1964) was an American film director, cartoonist and writer.

McLeod made several successful and influential movies such as Taking A Chance (1928), Monkey Business (1931), Horse Feathers (1932), Alice in Wonderland (1933), Topper (1937) and Merrily We Live (1938). Other memorable films directed by McLeod includes It’s a Gift (1934) with W. C. Fields, and the Danny Kaye comedy The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) and The Paleface starring Bob Hope (1948).

His nickname, as recorded on a publicity still on the set of Monkey Business, was “Macko.”

He was educated at the University of Washington and spent two years as a fighter pilot in the Army Air Service in France during World War I. He was married to Evelyn Ward. He died, aged 65, following a stroke. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. —Wikipedia