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My Favorite Blonde (1942)

My Favorite Blonde poster
Directed by
Paul Jones, Frank Butler, Sidney Lanfield
Genre
comedy film, spy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 18m
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A vaudeville performer gets entangled with British and German secret agents in the days before America enters World War II. He must use his wits to survive and help a female spy deliver important information.

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What happens

My Favorite Blonde is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Bob Hope and Madeleine Carroll. Based on a story by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, the film is about a vaudeville performer who gets mixed up with British and German secret agents in the days just before the United States' entry into World War II. The film features an uncredited cameo appearance by Bing Crosby. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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