The Guardsman

Oct 20, 1931

1h 22m

★ 5.0

His disguise was perfect - did she really know it was her husband when she surrended to him...?

Overview

An acclaimed actor and his equally acclaimed actress wife, who have been married for less than a year, are already showing signs of strain in their marriage. The actor believes his wife is capable of infidelity and sets out to prove this is so. Disguising himself as the kind of man he believes she fancies (a Russian military officer), the actor woos his wife while she believes her husband to be out of town.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The Guardsman Trailers

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Cast

The Actor

Alfred Lunt

The Actress

Lynn Fontanne

The Critic

Roland Young

Liesl

Zasu Pitts

"Mama"

Maude Eburne

A Creditor

Herman Bing

Fan Saying "There He Is" (uncredited)

Ann Dvorak

Operagoer (uncredited)

Geraldine Dvorak

The Actor's Valet (uncredited)

Michael Mark

Theatregoer (uncredited)

Eric Mayne

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0.0

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6.3

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6.0

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4.1

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6.2

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5.8

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5.2

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6.0

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5.4

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6.5

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0.0

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7.1

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6.3

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6.1

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