---
title: 'My Favorite Brunette (1947)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Elliott Nugent'
released: '1947-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 87
genres:
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/my-favorite-brunette-1947'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039645/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# My Favorite Brunette (1947)

1947 · 87 min · Romance · United States


## Synopsis

My Favorite Brunette is a 1947 American romantic comedy film and film noir parody, directed by Elliott Nugent and starring Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour. Written by Edmund Beloin and Jack Rose, the film is about a baby photographer on death row in San Quentin State Prison who tells reporters his history. While taking care of his private-eye neighbor's office, he is asked by an irresistible baroness to find a missing baron, which initiates a series of confusing but sinister events in a gloomy mansion and a private sanatorium. Spoofing movie detectives and the film noir style, the film features Lon Chaney Jr. playing Willie, a character based on his Of Mice and Men role Lennie; Peter Lorre as Kismet, 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Elliott Nugent](https://cinepixo.com/people/elliott-nugent)
- **Screenplay:** [Edmund Beloin](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-beloin), [Jack Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-rose)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Robert E. Dolan](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-e-dolan)
- **Producer:** [Danny Dare](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-dare)
- **Director of Photography:** [Loyal Griggs](https://cinepixo.com/people/loyal-griggs), [Lionel Lindon](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-lindon)
- **Editor:** [Ellsworth Hoagland](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellsworth-hoagland)

## Cast

- [Ann Doran](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-doran)
- [Bing Crosby](https://cinepixo.com/people/bing-crosby)
- [Clarence Muse](https://cinepixo.com/people/clarence-muse)
- [Anthony Caruso](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-caruso)
- [Ray Teal](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-teal)
- [Dorothy Lamour](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-lamour)
- [Betty Hutton](https://cinepixo.com/people/betty-hutton)
- [Willard Robertson](https://cinepixo.com/people/willard-robertson)
- [John Hoyt](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hoyt)
- [Jack La Rue](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-la-rue)
- [Jack Chefe](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-chefe)
- [Peter Lorre](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-lorre)
- [Lon Chaney Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/lon-chaney-jr)
- [Charles Arnt](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-arnt)
- [Frank Puglia](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-puglia)

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