A Connecticut Yankee

Apr 6, 1931

1h 35m

★ 6.0

More Laughs than the law allows!

Overview

Making a delivery to a mysterious mansion in a rainstorm, radio salesman Hank Martin is knocked out when a suit of armor topples on him. Upon awakening, Hank finds himself in the time of King Arthur. At Camelot Castle, Hank uses a cigarette lighter and his skill with a lasso to save himself from being executed as a demon. Hank so impresses Arthur that the king orders him to joust with one of his knights to save the life of Princess Alisande.

Genres

Comedy

Fantasy

Romance

Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

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Cast

Hank Martin

Will Rogers

King Arthur / Inventor

William Farnum

Emile le Poulet / Clarence

Frank Albertson

Alisande / Woman in Mansion

Maureen O'Sullivan

Merlin / Doctor in Mansion

Brandon Hurst

Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion

Myrna Loy

Sagramor / Butler in Mansion

Mitchell Harris

King's Knight (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

Sneezing Man at Radio Station (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin

Old Hag in Dungeon (uncredited)

Louise Emmons

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