Summary
The Amateur Gentleman is a British adventure film first released in 1936,
directed by Thornton Freeland.
The film is based on a novel by Jeffery Farnol and stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Elissa Landi, Gordon Harker, Basil Sydney and Hugh Williams.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Thornton Freeland
- Script: Clemence Dane, Jeffery Farnol (novel), Edward Knoblock, Sergei Nolbandov
- Photo: Günther Krampf
- Music: Richard Addinsell
- Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (John Beverley aka Barnabas Barty), Elissa Landi (Lady Cleone Meredith), Gordon Harker (Natty Bell), Basil Sydney (Louis Chichester), Hugh Williams (Lord Ronald Meredith), Irene Browne (Lady Huntstanton), Athole Stewart (Marquess of Comberhurst), Coral Browne (Pauline Darville), Margaret Lockwood (Georgina Huntstanton), Esme Percy (John Townsend), Frank Bertram (Belcher), Gilbert Davis (Prince Regent), Frank Pettingell (John Barty), June Duprez (Bit Part), Marius Goring (Bit Part)
- Country: UK
- Language: English
- Runtime: 102 min; B&W
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