The Great Lover
6.5
“Hope at his funniest!”
The French Surete and private eye Higgins are after a killer who uses innocent young Americans in a crooked gambling racket, and who sets sail on an ocean liner that also carries inept scoutmaster Freddie Hunter and his troop of boys. Freddie, who's been a "boy scout" too long, has designs on gorgeous Duchess Alexandria. The boys, far better organized than Freddie, are determined to save him from himself. But who will save Freddie from being the killer's next victim?
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Cast
15 people
Bob Hope
Freddie Hunter
Known for
The Ghost Breakers
The Cat and the Canary
Rhonda Fleming
Duchess Alexandria
Known for
Spellbound
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Roland Young
C.J. Dabney
Known for
The Philadelphia Story
And Then There Were None
Roland Culver
Grand Duke Maximillian
Known for
Dead of Night
Thunderball
Richard Lyon
Stanley Wilson
Known for
The Boy with Green Hair
Gary Gray
Tommy O'Connor
Also in
The Painted Hills
Rachel and the Stranger
Jerry Hunter
Herbie
Also in
A Boy, a Girl and a Dog
A Date with Judy
Jackie Jackson
Joe
Also in
The Red Pony
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
Wright Esser
Steve (as Karl Wright Esser)
Also in
Cocoon
Hawaii Five-O
Orley Lindgren
Bill
Known for
Young Man with a Horn
Curtis Loys Jackson Jr.
Humphrey
Known for
The Boy with Green Hair
George Reeves
Williams
Known for
Gone with the Wind
Adventures of Superman
Alexander Hall Director · Melville Shavelson Writer Jack Rose Writer
Worldwide gross $3.3M · United States release November 23, 1949 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$3,300,000
Production
Hope Enterprises
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 23, 1949
Theatrical
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