This spoof of swashbucklers stars Brent as a US diplomat on his way to Tripoli to claim 10 American seamen held as hostages by Dekker. Along the way he is hijacked and loses the money he was to use to buy back the sailors. The rest of the film concentrates on his efforts to retrieve the
stolen money, his encounters ranging from harems to torture chambers. He eventually gets the money and saves De Carlo at the same time, she being a mystery girl who keeps popping up at opportune moments. Film's saving grace is a talking camel named Lumpy that has a Brooklyn accent and comments on
the action as it takes place. Otherwise the jokes aren't really funny; they are, for th...
Released:
1947
Rated:
NR
Length:
80 mins