They Got Me Covered (1943)

by Ted Davis

Directed by: David Butler

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!

Synopsis: During the early days of WWII, Pulitzer Prize winning (!?) foreign correspondent Robert Kittredge (Bob Hope) pulls a boner by reporting that Germany would not attack Russia. When the inverse occurs, Kittredge is called back home to face the music. Once Kittredge is stateside, he becomes entangled with a triumvirate of Fifth Columnists (Otto Preminger, Eduardo Ciannelli and Phillip Ahn), whose plot to cripple the United States’ war effort centers on a mysterious missing notebook. With the considerable assistance of Christina Hill (Dorothy Lamour), his loyal and long-suffering girl Friday, our man Kittredge redeems himself by foiling the conspiracy.

Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Returning from Russia in disgrace, Robert enters the Washington DC office of Amalgamated News and is either ignored or high-hatted by his coworkers. In a last effort to find a sympathetic friend, Robert enthusiastically greets Jackson, the office cat (tuxedo model), which promptly shuns him and pads away. Robert quickly responds: “From now on you can catch your own mice!”

They Got Me Covered - tuxedo cat Jackson sitting on newsroom floor
They Got Me Covered - tuxedo cat Jackson turning head away
They Got Me Covered - tuxedo cat Jackson walking away
They Got Me Covered - Robert Kittredge Bob Hope being ignored by newsroom tuxedo cat Jackson animated gif

Final Mewsings: Disappointed cats can put you in the doghouse.

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