My Favorite Blonde (1942)

With German operatives on her tail, secret agent Madeleine Carroll surreptitiously enlists the help of vaudeville performer Bob Hope to transport classified plans out of New York City. A riff on the type of films Hitchcock made during this era, it’s not as funny as I would have expected but not without its delights especially in its quick paced jaunt across the country using planes, trains, and automobiles. Hope’s penguin companion steals every scene he’s in as does Carl Switzer in his one scene as an unruly child.