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17 June 1938 (USA) morePlot:
Spoilt child Geoffrey Bramer teams up with a pair of small time crooks to pose as an aristocrat and steal jewelry from exclusive shops... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Mickey Rooney Steals The Show! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Freddie Bartholomew | ... | Geoffrey Braemer | |
| Mickey Rooney | ... | Terry O'Mulvaney | |
| Charles Coburn | ... | Captain Briggs | |
| Herbert Mundin | ... | Bosun 'Crusty' Jelks | |
| Terry Kilburn | ... | Albert Baker | |
| Gale Sondergaard | ... | Doris Clandon | |
| Peter Lawford | ... | Benny Potter | |
| Walter Tetley | ... | Tommy Thrums | |
| Peter Ellis | ... | Ned Saunders | |
| George Zucco | ... | James 'Jim' Hampstead | |
| Matthew Boulton | ... | Inspector Scott | |
| John Burton | ... | John Cartwright | |
| Emma Dunn | ... | Mrs. Briggs | |
| Monty Woolley | ... | Jeweler | |
| Gilbert Emery | ... | Magistrate |
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85 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Filming Locations:
Piccadilly Circus, Piccadilly, London, England, UKFun Stuff
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Screenwriter James Kevin McGuinness placed an ad in the Hollywood Reporter titled "Facts" breaking down the writing credits for the script by number of lines, as follows: Himself - 853; Walter Ferris - 51; Sam Wood - 17; Frank Davis - 20; Ferris, Val Burton, Endre Bohem and Bradford Ropes - 37; Ropes, Burton and Bohem - 48; Ropes and Burton - 4 for a total of 1,030 lines of dialogue. moreSoundtrack:
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A young & talented thief, masquerading as the obnoxious LORD JEFF, is captured and sent to a naval school to rehabilitate. There he meets an Irish lad, whose decent behavior has a profound effect upon him.
Think CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS meets BOYS TOWN, and you have an idea of this good, but unremarkable, little picture. Freddie Bartholomew, coming to the end of his glory days as MGM's reigning child star, is hampered mightily by the fact that his character is so rotten, the audience has an overwhelming desire to loathe him for most of the film. Mickey Rooney, on the other hand, right on the cusp of his tremendous stardom, steals his every scene with his unique & infectious bravado. Notice that the boys get equal billing. That would not happen again. Rooney was the major star from here on out.
The rest of the cast all do a fine job, especially Charles Colburn, Herbert Mundin & Emma Dunn, all memorable as supervisors at the naval school. That's Monty Woolley, soon to be an important character actor, as a London jeweler. Gale Sondergaard (in good disguise) & George Zucco have small roles as the adult thieves, while Terry Kilburn (nicely effective) & Peter Lawford play two of the young fellows.
Movie mavens will recognize Rex Evans as the hotel doorman & Doris Lloyd as the hostess of a party the boys attend.