His Lordship

Nov 12, 1936

1h 11m

★ 5.5

Overview

A complicated adventure involving twin brothers and the Foreign Office trying to thwart the ambitions of a hostile sheikh.

Genres

Adventure

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Gaumont-British Picture Corporation

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Cast

Richard Fraser / Lorimer, Lord Duncaster

George Arliss

Bill Howard

Romilly Lunge

Vera

Rène Ray

Lady Duncaster

Jessie Winter

Ibrahim

John Ford

Barak

Allan Jeayes

Nahil

Lawrence Anderson

Phillpotts

Bernard Merefield

Stevenson

John Turnbull

Abdullah

Basil Gill

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