My Favorite Brunette is a 1947 American romantic comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent and starring Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour. Written by Edmund Beloin and Jack Rose, the film is about a baby photographer on death row in San Quentin State Prison who tells reporters his history. While taking care of his private-eye neighbor's office, he is asked by an irresistible baroness to find a missing baron, which initiates a series of confusing but sinister events in a gloomy mansion and a private sanatorium. Spoofing movie detectives and the film noir style, the film features Lon Chaney, Jr. playing Willie, a character based on his Of Mice and Men role Lennie; Peter Lorre as Kismit, a comic take on his many film noir roles; and cameo appearances by film noir regular Alan Ladd and Hope partner Bing Crosby. Sequences were filmed in San Francisco and Pebble Beach, California. Cast: Bob Hope as Ronnie Jackson Alan Ladd as Sam McCloud (cameo appearance) Dorothy Lamour as Baroness Carlotta Montay Frank Puglia as Baron 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 Ann Doran as Miss Rogers
