The Great Lover is a 1949 American comedy film starring Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, and Roland Young.

In the film, a scout leader takes his troop on an ocean cruise, pursues a beautiful duchess and is stalked by a murderer.

Despite the identification, the American detective Higgins pleads to the French police not to try to apprehend the perpetrator, because he wants to catch Dabney red-handed if possible.

The duchess travels with her father, the Grand Duke Maximilian, and their secret hope is to start a new life in the United States, since the family is bankrupt.

When Freddie meets Alexandria, he pretends to be a very wealthy man, and instantly falls head over heels for her.

As the scout bugler plays "Taps", Freddie has to run from the adult company to reach his bunk in time for lights out.

Unaware that Dabney is a cardsharp, Freddie maintains his pose as a millionaire and enters into a running card game with him and Maximilian.

Dabney brings the ship authorities to Higgin's cabin and pretends to discover the murder and frame Freddie.