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Hold That Blonde!

Hold That Blonde!

1945Movie⏱️ 1h 16mApproved
ComedyCrimeRomance
6.2
IMDB Rating
206 votes

A kleptomaniac falls in love with a woman who is member of a gang of jewel thieves, although he's initially unaware of her true occupation.

Director
George Marshall
Writers
Earl Baldwin, Walter DeLeon, Eddie Moran
Stars
Eddie Bracken, Veronica Lake, Albert Dekker
Release Date
November 23, 1945
Language
English, French
Country
United States
💬 6
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Eddie Bracken
Eddie Bracken
as Ogden Spencer Trulow III
Veronica Lake
Veronica Lake
as Sally Martin
Albert Dekker
Albert Dekker
as Police Inspector Callahan
Frank Fenton
Frank Fenton
as Mr. Phillips
George Zucco
George Zucco
as Dr. Pavel Storasky
Donald MacBride
Donald MacBride
as Mr. Kratz
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Lewis L. Russell
as Henry Carteret
Norma Varden
Norma Varden
as Flora Carteret
Ralph Peters
Ralph Peters
as Mr. Reddy
Bobby Watson
Bobby Watson
as Edwards - the Butler

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Paramount Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

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🎯 Categories

SlapstickComedyCrimeRomance

⭐ Featured Review

Some women can't resist a schnook
by bkoganbing2018-03-13
5/10

"Hold That Blonde stars Eddie Bracken and Veronica Lake when both were at Paramount and both had done work for Preston Sturges in the past. But Sturges left Paramount the year this film was done. Sturges definitely would have gotten a few more laughs from this. I think this also was a property Bob Hope might have passed on. Bracken plays one of his patented schnook roles only this schnook is both rich and a kleptomaniac. The family butler Willie Best returns the stuff as fast as he can, but sometimes the police just get involved, I don't know, I guess it's their job. Anyway one chan..."

💡 Did You Know?

One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since; its earliest documented telecasts took place in Denver Monday 22 June 1959 on KBTV (Channel 9) and in Seattle Wednesday 29 July 1959 on KIRO (Channel 7).

📖 Synopsis

A kleptomaniac falls in love with a woman who is member of a gang of jewel thieves, although he's initially unaware of her true occupation.