Fit for a King

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Fit for a King
Fit for a King FilmPoster.jpeg
Directed by Edward Sedgwick
Written by Richard Flournoy (original screenplay)
Produced by David L. Loew
Starring
Cinematography Paul C. Vogel
Edited by Jack Ogilvie
Music byArthur Morton
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • 15 October 1937 (1937-10-15) [1]
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Fit for a King is a 1937 American comedy film starring Joe E. Brown and directed by Edward Sedgwick.

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Plot

Newspaper reporter "Scoops" is sent out on assignment, to investigate the failed assassination attempts on Archduke Julio.

Trying to get the story, he runs into Jane Hamilton 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

References

  1. "Fit for a King: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved 11 April 2014.