The Amateur Gentleman

The Amateur Gentleman

Adventure | April 26, 1936

A former boxing champion, now an innkeeper, is accused of stealing a watch from a party of guests at his inn, who happen to be members of English royalty. The old man is arrested and thrown in prison. His son, knowing that his father didn't steal the watch and suspecting a frame-up, follows the royal party to London, where he poses as a wealthy "gentleman" and insinuates himself into the English court in an effort to find out who framed his father and why.

The Amateur Gentleman

Adventure | April 26, 1936

The Amateur Gentleman
A former boxing champion, now an innkeeper, is accused of stealing a watch from a party of guests at his inn, who happen to be members of English royalty. The old man is arrested and thrown in prison. His son, knowing that his father didn't steal the watch and suspecting a frame-up, follows the royal party to London, where he poses as a wealthy "gentleman" and insinuates himself into the English court in an effort to find out who framed his father and why.
Producers Criterion Film Productions Ltd.
Original title The Amateur Gentleman
Directors Thornton Freeland
Writers Jeffery Farnol, Sergei Nolbandov, Clemence Dane

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

as John Beverley aka Barnabas Barty

Elissa Landi

as Lady Cleone Meredith

Gordon Harker

as Natty Bell

Basil Sydney

as Louis Chichester

Hugh Williams

as Lord Ronald Meredith

Irene Browne

as Lady Huntstanton

Athole Stewart

as Marquess of Comberhurst

Coral Browne

as Pauline Darville

Margaret Lockwood

as Georgina Huntstanton

Esme Percy

as John Townsend

Frank Bertram

as Belcher

Gilbert Davis

as Prince Regent

Frank Pettingell

as John Barty

June Duprez

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Marius Goring

as Bit Part (uncredited)

John Singer

as Boy (uncredited)

Olga Edwardes

as Maid at Inn (uncredited)

Frank Atkinson

as Law Enforcer (uncredited)