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Professor Beware ()

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Egyptologist, Dean Lambert (Lloyd), accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to join a group in New York headed for Egypt. With the police close on his trail he gets in and out of scrapes along the way.
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Professor Dean Lambert
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Jane Van Buren
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Judge James G. Parkhouse Marshall
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Jerry
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Snoop Donlan
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Mr. Van Buren
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Mrs. Pitts
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The Groom
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The Bride (as Mary Lou Lender)
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Gas Station Attendant in Desert (uncredited)
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Painter (uncredited)
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Handshaker - Paint-Brush Gag (uncredited)
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Mrs. Green - Landlady (uncredited)
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Shoeshine Customer (uncredited)
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Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
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Officer in Court (uncredited)
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Harry - Radio Patrolman (uncredited)
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Construction Camp Boss (uncredited)
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Sheriff Henry Sweatt (uncredited)
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Billboard Painter (uncredited)
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Blonde Slapping Brawler (uncredited)
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Railroad Worker (uncredited)
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Dock Worker (uncredited)
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Reporter at Museum (uncredited)
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Fire Chief (uncredited)
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Bit Role (uncredited)
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Van Buren Chauffeur (uncredited)
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Judge Henry Pitts (uncredited)
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Large women under blanket aboard yacht (uncredited)
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Capell - Producer (uncredited)
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Brawler - Hand Gag (uncredited)
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Brawler (uncredited)
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Sailor (uncredited)
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Cop (uncredited)
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Cop (uncredited)
Tom Herbert ...
Hobo (uncredited)
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Man Shaving on Boat (uncredited)
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Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
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Charlile - Butler (uncredited)
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Man with New Hat (uncredited)
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Sailor (uncredited)
Bruce King ...
Neferus in Tableau (uncredited)
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Tableau Director (uncredited)
Wright Kramer ...
Dr. Ellerson (uncredited)
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Joe - Photographer (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson ...
Brawler (uncredited)
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Railroad Worker (uncredited)
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Professor Schmutz (uncredited)
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Divorced Man on Highway (uncredited)
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Brawler (uncredited)
Bruce Mitchell ...
Cop by Firetruck (uncredited)
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Bootblack (uncredited)
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Miss Perkins (uncredited)
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Cop at Estate (uncredited)
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Detective (uncredited)
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Dock Worker (uncredited)
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Lemonade Stand Man (uncredited)
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Bearded Man (uncredited)
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Gustave - Museum Attendant (uncredited)
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Lawyer (uncredited)
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Anebi (uncredited)
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Western Union Boy (uncredited)
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Brawler (uncredited)
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Editor (uncredited)
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Chinatown Barker (uncredited)
William Wagner ...
Court Clerk (uncredited)
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Travelers Aid Society Clerk (uncredited)
John Ward ...
Yacht Captain (uncredited)
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Shoeshine Customer (uncredited)
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Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
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Brawler (uncredited)
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Young Boy (uncredited)
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Head Lawyer (uncredited)
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Dorothy - Reporter (uncredited)
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Handshaker - Paint-Brush Gag (uncredited)

Directed by

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Elliott Nugent

Written by

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Delmer Daves ... (screen play)
 
Jack Cunningham ... (adaptation) and
Clyde Bruckman ... (adaptation)
 
Crampton Harris ... (based on a story by) &
Francis M. Cockrell ... (based on a story by) and
Marian B. Cockrell ... (based on a story by)

Produced by

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Harold Lloyd ... producer (uncredited)
Adolph Zukor ... executive producer (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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Archie Stout ... (photography)

Film Editing by

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Duncan Mansfield ... film editor

Art Direction by

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Albert S. D'Agostino ... (as Al D'Agastino)

Makeup Department

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Charles Dudley ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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William R. Fraser ... general manager: Harold Lloyd Corp. (uncredited)
John L. Murphy ... production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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George Hippard ... assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Earl Sitar ... sound

Stunts

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Eddie Parker ... stunts (uncredited)
David Sharpe ... stunt double: Harold Lloyd (uncredited)
Duke York ... stunts (uncredited)

Music Department

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George Bassman ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Rudolph G. Kopp ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Victor Young ... composer: stock music (uncredited)

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R.C. Gartner ... attorney: Harold Lloyd Corp.
J.E. McVeigh ... purchasing agent: Harold Lloyd Corp.
George M. Thompson ... comptroller: Harold Lloyd Corp.
Adolph Zukor ... presenter
Roy Brooks ... assistant: Mr. Lloyd (uncredited)
Gaylord Lloyd ... business manager (uncredited)
John London ... production assistant (uncredited)
Joseph P. Reddy ... publicity director: Harold Lloyd Corp. (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

Respected Egyptologist Dean Lambert has his scholarly life upset when he begins to fall for a strange woman who keeps turning up. He is frightened by parallels he notices between his life and that of an Egyptian man he has studied, who was killed as a result of a forbidden love that he had for a similar woman 3000 years ago. Can Professor Lambert escape that fate? Written by Ken Yousten

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Also Known As
  • Le professeur Schnock (France)
  • Professor Tenha Cautela (Portugal)
  • O kathigitis kai i moumia tou (Greece)
  • Huomio, professori! (Finland)
  • Firavunun Kızı (Turkey, Turkish title)
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  • 93 min
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Budget $820,000 (estimated)

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Trivia On 9 January 1940 in U.S. Federal Court in Los Angeles, William J. Rapp and Lowell Brenatano filed a suit for $75,000 against Harold Lloyd and the Harold Lloyd Corporation, for alleged plagiarism by the film "Professor Beware" of the plaintiff's play "Greek To You". See more »
Movie Connections Featured in World of Comedy (1962). See more »
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