Fit for a King
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Directed by | Edward Sedgwick |
Written by | (original screenplay) |
Produced by | David L. Loew |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Paul Vogel |
Edited by | |
Music by | Arthur Morton |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date | 15 October 1937[1] |
Running time | 73 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Fit for a King is a 1937 American film starring Joe E. Brown and directed by Edward Sedgwick.
Plot summary[]
Newspaper reporter "Scoops" (Brown) is sent out on assignment, to investigate the failed assassination attempts on Archduke Julio (Harry Davenport).
Trying to get the story, he runs into Jane Hamilton (Helen Mack) who is really Princess Helen. He doesn't realize that she is the story: a princess in exile, in danger of assassination; and, falling in love with "Scoops", while engaged to a prince.
The film ends with a wild chase and a shootout with machine guns. The question is, who will survive to tell the tale?
Cast[]
- Joe E. Brown as Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones
- Helen Mack as Jane Hamilton / Princess Helen
- Paul Kelly as Briggs
- Harry Davenport as Archduke Julio
- Halliwell Hobbes as Count Strunsky
- John Qualen as Otto
- Donald Briggs as Prince Michael
- Frank Reicher as Kurtz
- Russell Hicks as Editor Hardwick
- Charles Trowbridge as Mr. Marshall
Soundtrack[]
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References[]
- ^ "Fit for a King: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
External links[]
- Fit for a King at IMDb
- Fit for a King is available for free download at the Internet Archive
Categories:
- English-language films
- 1937 films
- American films
- American black-and-white films
- 1937 romantic comedy films
- Films directed by Edward Sedgwick
- RKO Pictures films
- American romantic comedy films
- Films produced by David L. Loew
- Films about princesses
- Films set in a fictional country
- 1930s romantic comedy film stubs