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Overall Rank: 15596
Average Rating: 2.3/4
# of Ratings: 11
Theatrical Release Date: 11/17/1944
Language: English
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David Butler
Actors: Bob Hope, Virginia Mayo, Walter Brennan, Walter Slezak, Victor McLaglen, Marc Lawrence
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"The Princess And The Pirate" by Yojmbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 03/26/2012
Old Bob Hope films were always amongst my favourites growing up and this is one of his funniest. He plays Sylvester The Great, man of seven faces ("I travel a lot. With my act, it's safer!") who saves runaway princess Virginia Mayo from the clutches of evil buccaneer The Hook. The gags flow thick and fast, complete with Hope's usual self-deprecating one liners, loads of slapstick and sight gags; if you imagine Pirates Of The Caribbean done by the Marx brothers, you're in the right ball park. Walter Brennan is hilarious as a crazy old pirate and Mayo is very easy on the eye in the classic tradition of old style Hollywood glamour. It still makes me laugh out loud pretty much non-stop after all these years and is the kind of classic comedy that appeals to every age.
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