Is Call Me Bwana Hope's best? Of course not. My Favorite Blonde and My Favorite Spy were classics, and it was dated the JFK and Khrushchev rocking chair scene and the Hope saying "They ( Africans) must be Republicans" after asking if they heard of Kennedy's, and I have no idea what Edie Adams ( Fred) was doing in the movie ( including driving away and abandoning her mission ( not what you expect from an agent)). But Anita Ekberg.( Luba) is actually a very good love interest.for Matt ( Hope), and like Hedy Lamarr ( Lily) in My Favorite Spy not someone you identify with comedy. The funniest scene is where Matt thinks Luba is cleaning his back and it is a lioness licking it. Spoilers ahead: Does Matt complete the mission the Government sent him on ( locating a lost space capsule in Africa ( despite being a fraud (pretending to be an African expert) and end up with Luba? Of course he does. By how he does and why Luba changes sides from Russia to Hope is why you watch. 8/10 stars.
Review of Call Me Bwana
