Crime caper about an amateur sleuth who, on the verge of his execution, recounts to reporters the incredible story of how he got there. Stars Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre. (1947)

Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate her missing husband, Baron Montay, Ronnie finds himself agreeing. Several days later he is on death row whiling away the hours until his execution by recounting to a group of reporters the bizarre tale of how he ended up there.