(1947) Comedy. Shortly before his execution in San Quentin, amateur sleuth and baby photographer Ronnie Jackson, tells reporters how he got there. Starring Bob Hope, directed by Elliot Nugent.

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.