Watch My Favorite Brunette (1947) Free Online

Release Date: 1947

Cast: Reginald Denny, Charles Dingle, Dorothy Lamour, John Hoyt, Lon Chaney, Jr., Peter Lorre, Bob Hope

Categories: Movies, Detective, Comedy, Thriller, Film Noir, Mystery, Parody, Detective Fiction, Romantic Comedy, Crime Thriller, Romance Film

My Favorite Brunette is a 1947 movie spoofing movie detectives and the film noir style. Starring Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour, it also 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. The film was later featured in an episode of Cinema Insomnia. The story is told in flashback from Death Row as Ronnie Jackson (Hope) relates the... MORE

My Favorite Brunette is a 1947 movie spoofing movie detectives and the film noir style. Starring Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour, it also 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. The film was later featured in an episode of Cinema Insomnia. The story is told in flashback from Death Row as Ronnie Jackson (Hope) relates the events to a group of reporters the events that lead to his predicament. Jackson is a baby photographer who dreams about being a real private detective like his friend Sam McCloud (Ladd). One day he is mistaken for a detective by a mysterious lady in distress (Lamour) and soon finds himself involved in a murder mystery. In 1975, the film entered the public domain in the USA due to the copyright claimants failure to renew the copyright registration during the 28th year after release. My Favorite Brunette has been widely available on home video, with most copies varying in picture and sound quality. There LESS