The Earl of Chicago

The Earl of Chicago

87 mins | Drama | Jan. 5, 1940

A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.

The Earl of Chicago

87 mins | Drama | Jan. 5, 1940

The Earl of Chicago
A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Earl of Chicago
Directors Richard Thorpe
Writers Charles de Grandcourt, Gene Fowler, Lesser Samuels, Brock Williams

Cast

Robert Montgomery

as Robert Kilmount

Edward Arnold

as Quentin 'Doc' Ramsey

Reginald Owen

as Gervase Gonwell

Edmund Gwenn

as Munsey, the Butler

E. E. Clive

as Mr. Redwood

Ronald Sinclair

as Master Gerald Kilmount

Norma Varden

as Maureen Kilmount

Halliwell Hobbes

as Lord Chancellor

Ian Wolfe

as Reading Clerk (as Ian Wulf)

Peter Godfrey

as Judson

Billy Bevan

as Castle Guide

Lowden Adams

as Floor Waiter (uncredited)

Harry Allen

as Mayor (uncredited)

Radford Allen

as Boy (uncredited)

George Anderson

as Prison Guard (uncredited)

Jimmy Aubrey

as Cockney (uncredited)

Frank Baker

as Policeman (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford

as Ramsey's Secretary Martha Jackson (uncredited)

Vangie Beilby

as Old Maid (uncredited)

Frank Benson

as Sexton (uncredited)

Art Berry Sr.

as Seedsman (uncredited)

Ted Billings

as Townsman Outside House of Lords (uncredited)

Gladys Blake

as 'Babe', Silken Legs (uncredited)

Barlowe Borland

as Fingal (uncredited)

Matthew Boulton

as Ickerton (uncredited)

John Burton

as Clerk (uncredited)

David Clyde

as Hanger-on (uncredited)

James Conaty

as Lord (uncredited)

Bob Corey

as Fisherman (uncredited)

Alec Craig

as Fingal's Son (uncredited)

Sayre Dearing

as Gunman in Card Game (uncredited)

David Dunbar

as Plowman (uncredited)

Paul England

as Chief Constable (uncredited)

Henry Flynn

as Villager (uncredited)

Colonel Ford

as Villager (uncredited)

William Haade

as Crapshooter (uncredited)

Alec Harford

as Mr. Dell (uncredited)

Sam Harris

as Lord (uncredited)

Holmes Herbert

as Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)

Harold Howard

as Fisherman (uncredited)

Kenneth Hunter

as Lord Tyrmanell (uncredited)

Olaf Hytten

as Hodges (uncredited)

Ellis Irving

as Russell (uncredited)

Boyd Irwin

as Presiding Magistrate (uncredited)

Gladden James

as Silky's Secretary (uncredited)

P.J. Kelly

as Hanger-on (uncredited)

Colin Kenny

as Sergeant (uncredited)

Claude King

as Yeoman Usher (uncredited)

Leyton Lee

as Adjutant (uncredited)

Miles Mander

as Attorney General (uncredited)

Eddie Marr

as Kilmount Salesman with Gun (uncredited)

Harold Miller

as House of Lords Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer

as Lord (uncredited)

Leonard Mudie

as Mr. Allington (uncredited)

Arthur Mulliner

as Mr. Brackton (uncredited)

Forbes Murray

as Diplomat (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

as Turnkey (uncredited)

Nora Perry

as Receptionist (uncredited)

Tempe Pigott

as Mrs. Oakes (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

as Townsman (uncredited)

John Power

as Tourist (uncredited)

Yvonne Severn

as Village Girl (uncredited)

Ivan F. Simpson

as Hargraves (uncredited)

William Stack

as Coroner (uncredited)

Ralph Stock

as Constable (uncredited)

Zeffie Tilbury

as Miss Nana (uncredited)

Anthony Warde

as Kilmount Salesman (uncredited)

Robert Warwick

as Clerk at Parliament (uncredited)

Ben Webster

as Gaffer Oakes (uncredited)

Ben Welden

as Silky's Driver (uncredited)

Frederick Worlock

as Lord Elfie (uncredited)