My Favorite Brunette (1947)

This standardish Bob Hope comedy trades on the name of his earlier film 'My Favorite Blonde'. 'My Favorite Brunette' stars Hope as a San Francisco baby photographer whose office is next to that of a private detective. Mistaken for that detective by an exotic brunette (frequent Hope and Crosby co-star Dorothy Lamour) Hope decides to give helping her a go and gets caught up in a plot concerning her missing uncle and a McGuffin 'uranium mine'. This is all an excuse and vehicle for Hope to do he's egotistical coward shtick, and it works pretty good here. Amusing cameo appearances by Alan Ladd and Bing Crosby. ***