The story is told in flashback from Death Row as Ronnie Jackson (Bob Hope) relates to a group of reporters the events that led to his murder conviction. Ronnie's a San Francisco baby photographer who dreams about being a real private detective like his office neighbor Sam McCloud (Alan Ladd). One day, he is mistaken for a detective by mysterious lady in distress Carlotta Montay (Dorothy Lamour), who claims that her wheelchair-using husband was kidnapped at the pier as they arrived from overseas. A sinister figure (Lorre) listens at the office door. Carlotta gives Ronnie her address, a coded map, and a $5,000 ring as payment, telling him that no one must know he's a detective.・・・・・・・・
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Cast
Bob Hope as Ronnie Jackson Dorothy Lamour as Baroness Carlotta Montay Peter Lorre as Kismet Lon Chaney Jr. as Willie John Hoyt as Dr. Lundau Charles Dingle as Major Simon Montague Reginald Denny as James Collins Frank Puglia as Baron Montay Alan Ladd as Sam McCloud (cameo appearance) Bing Crosby as Would-be Executioner Harry (cameo appearance)