The Great Lover

The Great Lover

80 mins | Comedy | Nov. 23, 1949

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?

The Great Lover

80 mins | Comedy | Nov. 23, 1949

The Great Lover
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?
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Paramount, Hope Enterprises
Original title The Great Lover
Directors John R. Coonan, Alexander Hall
Writers Edmund Beloin, Jack Rose, Melville Shavelson

Cast

Bob Hope

as Freddie Hunter

Rhonda Fleming

as Duchess Alexandria

Roland Young

as C.J. Dabney

Roland Culver

as Grand Duke Maximillian

Richard Lyon

as Stanley Wilson

Gary Gray

as Tommy O'Connor

Jerry Hunter

as Herbie

Wright Esser

as Steve (as Karl Wright Esser)

Orley Lindgren

as Bill

George Reeves

as Williams

Jim Backus

as Higgins

Sig Arno

as Attendant