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Fit for a King

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Fit for a King
Directed byEdward Sedgwick
Written byRichard Flournoy (original screenplay)
Produced byDavid L. Loew
Starring
CinematographyPaul C. Vogel
Edited byJack Ogilvie
Music byArthur Morton
Distributed byRKO 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.

Plot

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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

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Soundtrack

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References

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