Another offbeat but gripping performance from Montgomery who is a ruthless Chicago gangster suddenly informed that he has inherited an estate and title in England. The "deese, dems, and dose" hoodlum travels to England to pick up his "loot" but stays on in a vain attempt to take his place
in the peerage. Gwenn is his patient valet and adviser in the ways of aristocratic manners and customs, none of which Montgomery masters as he fractures the language, inadvertently insults nobles, and bumbles his way through a world he cannot understand. When he is betrayed in a scheme, his normal
compunction to violence explodes, and he disposes of his antagonist. Later tried in ...
Released:
1940
Rated:
NR
Length:
85 mins