Top Billed Cast

Bob Hope
Sylvester the Great
Virginia Mayo
Princess Margaret
Walter Brennan
Featherhead
Walter Slezak
La Roche
Victor McLaglen
Captain Barrett / The Hook
Marc Lawrence
Pedro
Hugo Haas
Owner of the 'Bucket of Blood'
Maude Eburne
Landlady of the 'Boar's Head Inn'
Adia Kuznetzoff
Don José Ramon Sebastian Rurales
Brandon Hurst
Mr. Pelly
Tom Kennedy
Alonzo
Stanley Andrews
Captain of the 'Mary Ann'
Robert Warwick
The King
Betty Alexander
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Ruth Caldwell
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Bing Crosby
Margaret's Sweetheart (uncredited)
Loretta Daye
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Francis Ford
Drunken Pirate (uncredited)
Mike Mazurki
Pirate (uncredited)
Lillian Molieri
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Kay Morley
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Ray Teal
Guard (uncredited)
Betty Thurston
Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)
Rondo Hatton
Gorilla (uncredited)
Jack Carr
Hugo, Bartender at 'Bucket of Blood'

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Jun 30 2022

I'll admit that it has always puzzled me that war-weary American troops could ever have been entertained by Bob Hope. His so-called "zany" humour always struck me as being contrived and obvious. This film, however, does go some way to contradict that rather simplistic impression of the star. He plays a cowardly actor who finds himself along with "Princess Margaret" (no, not the real one) captured by pirates en route to their island to retrieve some buried treasure. When they discover her identity, they try to ransom her and it's all down to "Sylvester" (Hope) to save the day. It's got a great s...