My Favorite Spy

My Favorite Spy (1951)

When Bob tangles with Hedy ... there's hilarity in Araby ... Moroccan style !

A burlesque comic doubles for a spy in Tangier and meets the spy's girlfriend, who is also a spy.

Date of release
1951-12-25
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (18)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Action, Comedy
Director
Norman Z. McLeod

Casting

Interesting facts

My Favorite Spy is a 1951 American comedy spy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Bob Hope, Hedy Lamarr and Francis L. Sullivan. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures and forms the third of a loose trilogy featuring Hope that includes My Favorite Blonde and My Favorite Brunette.

Production

The film was produced from late January to early April 1951 under the working title Passage to Cairo.

Hope's character was first conceived as a schoolteacher who, while impersonating a recently deceased gangster, is sent to Cairo to obtain information. The character was later converted into the Peanuts White vaudeville comedian.

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