"Off Limits" is one of the many comedies that Bob Hope made during his period of prolific 1940s-50s filmmaking. It's above the average of that batch, with a better and more detailed plot. This is one before Hope begins talking to the camera, and it comes across as more natural. Here, he shares the main lead time with Mickey Rooney and Marilyn Maxwell. And, the film has a handful of good supporting players of Hollywood of the 1940s-50s. Stanley Clements plays Bullets Bradley, Norman Leavitt is Chowhound, and Marvin Miller (of TV's 1955- 60 series, "The Millionaire") is Vic Breck.
Eddie Mayehoff made only half a dozen movies in his 25-year career, but his character is easily identified from the many appearances he made in TV series from 1946 to 1970. Mayehoff plays the nemesis of Bob Hope's Wally Hogan, the MP who rises from corporal to sergeant to lieutenant to captain during the movie. Legendary world-heavyweight boxing champ Jack Dempsey has some film time, as himself, refereeing two fights in the film.
This film isn't loaded with one-liners as many of Bob Hope's movies are, but it has some funny and very good lines. In place of more dialog, it has some very funny situations. A scene toward the end is hilarious. With few words, Hope smashes, paints, breaks, scratches and otherwise ruins a brand new car that he mistakenly takes for the car of a couple of bad guys. Instead it was a gift to a general from his wife. This is a fun film – a rare one in which Hope serves in the military. For several decades, he was the top performer to entertain American and Allied troops in the Armed Forces around the world. Often times, he put on shows for troops in areas that were close to the front lines or under fire (Korea and Vietnam). He was too young to serve in WW I, and beyond service age for WW II.
Here are a couple funny lines from the film. For more humorous dialog, check the Quotes section here on the IMDb Web page for this film.
Wally Hogan: A zebra's covered with stripes, but underneath he's still a jackass.
Wally Hogan: When I was born, the doctor said, "Boil some hot water," and I've been in it ever since.
Eddie Mayehoff made only half a dozen movies in his 25-year career, but his character is easily identified from the many appearances he made in TV series from 1946 to 1970. Mayehoff plays the nemesis of Bob Hope's Wally Hogan, the MP who rises from corporal to sergeant to lieutenant to captain during the movie. Legendary world-heavyweight boxing champ Jack Dempsey has some film time, as himself, refereeing two fights in the film.
This film isn't loaded with one-liners as many of Bob Hope's movies are, but it has some funny and very good lines. In place of more dialog, it has some very funny situations. A scene toward the end is hilarious. With few words, Hope smashes, paints, breaks, scratches and otherwise ruins a brand new car that he mistakenly takes for the car of a couple of bad guys. Instead it was a gift to a general from his wife. This is a fun film – a rare one in which Hope serves in the military. For several decades, he was the top performer to entertain American and Allied troops in the Armed Forces around the world. Often times, he put on shows for troops in areas that were close to the front lines or under fire (Korea and Vietnam). He was too young to serve in WW I, and beyond service age for WW II.
Here are a couple funny lines from the film. For more humorous dialog, check the Quotes section here on the IMDb Web page for this film.
Wally Hogan: A zebra's covered with stripes, but underneath he's still a jackass.
Wally Hogan: When I was born, the doctor said, "Boil some hot water," and I've been in it ever since.