The Princess Comes Across

The Princess Comes Across

76 mins | Comedy, Thriller, Romance, Mystery | May 22, 1936

A Swedish princess boards an ocean liner in Europe en route to an acting career in America, and finds herself getting inconveniently attached to a bandleader returning home. To complicate matters, a blackmailer on board apparently knows she is not who she claims to be - and he has his sights set on other passengers with secrets of their own. In the meantime an escaped killer has stowed away under someone else's identity, and is killing again to cover his tracks; five international police detectives on board are heading the investigation to find him. When evidence points to the princess and bandleader, they must find the killer themselves - before he finds them.

The Princess Comes Across

76 mins | Comedy, Thriller, Romance, Mystery | May 22, 1936

The Princess Comes Across
A Swedish princess boards an ocean liner in Europe en route to an acting career in America, and finds herself getting inconveniently attached to a bandleader returning home. To complicate matters, a blackmailer on board apparently knows she is not who she claims to be - and he has his sights set on other passengers with secrets of their own. In the meantime an escaped killer has stowed away under someone else's identity, and is killing again to cover his tracks; five international police detectives on board are heading the investigation to find him. When evidence points to the princess and bandleader, they must find the killer themselves - before he finds them.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Paramount
Original title The Princess Comes Across
Directors Isobel Stuart, William K. Howard
Writers Francis Martin, Walter DeLeon, Frank Butler, Don Hartman, Philip MacDonald

Cast

Carole Lombard

as Princess Olga / Wanda Nash

Fred MacMurray

as King Mantell

Alison Skipworth

as Lady Gertrude

George Barbier

as Captain Nicholls

William Frawley

as Benton

Porter Hall

as Darcy

Lumsden Hare

as Cragg

Sig Ruman

as Steindorf

Mischa Auer

as Morevitch

Bradley Page

as The Stranger

Tetsu Komai

as Kawati

George Chandler

as Film Man (uncredited)

Jean De Briac

as French Baggage Official (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

as Reporter (uncredited)

Harry Hayden

as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

Gladden James

as Ship's Official (uncredited)

Edward Keane

as Chief Purser (uncredited)

Milburn Stone

as American Reporter (uncredited)

Ellinor Vanderveer

as Ship's Passenger at Concert (uncredited)