Here Come the Girls (1953) Bob Hope, Tony Martin, Arlene Dahl

Stanley Snodgrass (Bob Hope), a talentless aspiring songanddance man, gets canned from his gig in the chorus of a New Jerseybased vaudeville show, a vehicle for starlet Irene Bailey (Arlene Dahl). But when a crazed fan (Robert Strauss), determined to kill anyone cast opposite Irene, attacks her latest costar, Irene s boyfriend, Harry (Fred Clark), casts the bumbling Snodgrass in the leading man s place. Stanley can t believe his luck until he finds out about the knifewielding killer.