The movie is an interesting satire of the Nazi's and wasn't appreciated in its day, understandably; U.S. had just entered the war, Lombard was dead, and the "Greatest Generation" were being drafted to fight the Japanese and Germans and Italians. WWII era audiences didn't want to see a comedy about Nazi's. The director is the sublime Ernst Lubtisch at the peak of his career. The movie is considered one of his best. With Jack Benny, a famous comedian of the day, and Robert Stack, later the host of "Unsolved Mysteries" in the nineties, that scary ass mystery show that used to come on Lifetime at midnight. Miriam Hopkins was first offered Lombard's part, but turned it down because she thought Benny got all the laughs. Streaming free via the Criterion Collection on hulu.com.http://www.hulu.com/watch/249579
