Fun Bob Hope movie - I enjoy seeing him in period pictures. This one is set in the court of Louis XV where he's a barber. Duke Patric Knowles, a dashing man/great fighter, etc, is sent to marry the daughter of the king of Spain... Hope gets confused by him causing comic antics and life and death struggles against baddies.
The film involves two people who I also like: director George Marshall (a new favourite) and female lead Joan Caulfield (always bright and chipper, a sort of back up Paulette Goddard). Knowles is dull and irritating - he was lucky to still get second leads in studio pictures by this stage. Sorry if any family members of his come across this. I don't mean to be cruel. I wish Knowles had turned out to be a villain.
Its in black and white but the period settings still mipress.
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