Herrasmies seikkailee

Name: The Perfect Specimen
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1938-05-29
Duration: 1 h 37 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Errol Flynn, Joan Blondell, Hugh Herbert

Original title: The Perfect Specimen

19371937
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1h 37m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

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Joan Blondell and Errol Flynn in Herrasmies seikkailee (1937)

Comedy

Raised in seclusion to be the epitome of mental, physical and moral perfection, Gerald Beresford Wicks is resigned to following his grandmother's wishes until a chance encounter with Mona Ca... Read allRaised in seclusion to be the epitome of mental, physical and moral perfection, Gerald Beresford Wicks is resigned to following his grandmother's wishes until a chance encounter with Mona Carter leads him into the outside world.Raised in seclusion to be the epitome of mental, physical and moral perfection, Gerald Beresford Wicks is resigned to following his grandmother's wishes until a chance encounter with Mona Carter leads him into the outside world.

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

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Director
- Michael Curtiz
Writers
- Norman Reilly Raine(screenplay)
- Lawrence Riley(screenplay)
- Brewster Morse(screenplay)
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Joan Blondell, Errol Flynn, Allen Jenkins, and Dennie Moore in Herrasmies seikkailee (1937)

Joan Blondell, Errol Flynn, and Hugh Herbert in Herrasmies seikkailee (1937)

Joan Blondell, Errol Flynn, Hugh Herbert, and Edward Everett Horton in Herrasmies seikkailee (1937)

Joan Blondell and Hugh Herbert in Herrasmies seikkailee (1937)

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Trivia
Once frequently shown on local television, legal complications involving literary rights have kept this one off cable and prevented its DVD release for many years.

Quotes
Gerald Beresford Wicks: I've never had so much fun in my life.

Soundtracks
As Sure As You're in Love
(uncredited)
Music by M.K. Jerome

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Featured review

7/10

Better Than Given Credit For

I have to agree with the other review on the page...The Perfect Specimen is a far better screwball comedy than it's been given credit for. In fact, it's head and shoulders above Flynn's next screwball comedy, 1938's Four's A Crowd.

It helped that Flynn and Joan Blondell were pals off-screen, because they show a very comfortable and breezy rapport with each other on-screen. Flynn shows a light and pleasant acting touch in this, especially when compared to his ham-handed performances in Four's A Crowd or Footsteps In The Dark.

It's too bad this isn't available on video, because I think both Flynn fans and non-Flynn fans will discover a small treasure.

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