"Bob Hope is a stressed out talk show host who is sent on a vacation to Arizona on doctor's orders and has to play Sherlock Holmes with his wife, the lovely Eva Marie Saint, to solve a series of murders that has Bob as the prime suspect."
Bob Hope
as Dan Bartlett
Eva Marie Saint
as Sheila Bartlett
Ralph Bellamy
as John Ed
Forrest Tucker
as Reese
Anne Archer
as Crazy Hollister
Keenan Wynn
as Sheriff 'Houndtooth' Riley
Henry Darrow
as Joe Little Cloud
Chief Dan George
as Old Bear
Doodles Weaver
as Cactus, Deputy Sheriff
Pat Morita
as Yamamoto
Richard Yniguez
as Motorcyclist
Johnny Carson
as Himself (uncredited)
Bing Crosby
John Wayne
Betty Ann Carr
as Mary Little Cloud
Flip Wilson
as Flip Wilson (uncredited)
Herb Vigran
as Roscoe Snagby
Gordon Oliver
as Mr. Willie Sparker
Isabella Hoopes
as Elderly Lady
Buster Shaver
as Doc Morton
Tracy Bogart
as Teenage Girl
Trudy Bordoff
Priscilla Garcia
Paul Bogart
as Dr. Kaufman (uncredited)
Bob Fisher
Writer
Director
Louis L'Amour
Novel
Ed Shanley
Construction Coordinator
Arthur Marx
Executive Producer
Producer
Dominic Frontiere
Original Music Composer
Russell Metty
Director of Photography
Michael A. Hoey
Editor
Rolland M. Brooks
Art Direction
Anthony Mondell
Set Decoration
Mary Keats
Hairstylist
Mike Moschella
Makeup Artist
Thomas Tuttle
Nathan Barragar
Production Manager
Igo Kantor
Post Production Supervisor
R. Robert Rosenbaum
Assistant Director
Monroe Liebgold
Property Master
Ralph Caro Jr.
Set Designer
Vic Carpenter
Production Sound Mixer
Charles Grenzbach
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Don MacDougall
John Coles
Special Effects
Richard Borland
Key Grip
Alfred Cline
Camera Operator
Calvin A. Maehl
Lighting Technician
Earl C. Williman
Gaffer
Vou Lee Giokaris
Costumer
Barton Kent James
Wardrobe Master
Jane Leonard
Dan Wallin
Scoring Mixer
Marshall J. Wolins
Script Supervisor
Allee G. Reed
Transportation Captain