They Got Me Covered (David Butler, 1943): USA

Reviewed by Kathleen Amboy.  Viewed on TCM.  Robert “Kit” Kittredge (Bob Hope) is a fumble bum war correspondent in Europe, when he relies on a bad lead and sends his boss at Amalgamated News a telegram which reads “…Germany will positively not invade Russia,” but the headlines across America read GERMANY INVADES RUSSIA! Kittredge is summoned home and promptly fired, when he meets … Continue reading They Got Me Covered (David Butler, 1943): USA