
Film
The Earl of Chicago
1940 · 1h 27m · Drama
Can a Lord of England be a Czar of the underworld?
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Overview
A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.
Cast

Robert Montgomery
Robert Kilmount

Edward Arnold
Quentin 'Doc' Ramsey

Reginald Owen
Gervase Gonwell

Edmund Gwenn
Munsey, the Butler

E. E. Clive
Mr. Redwood

Ronald Sinclair
Master Gerald Kilmount

Norma Varden
Maureen Kilmount

Halliwell Hobbes
Lord Chancellor

Ian Wolfe
Reading Clerk (as Ian Wulf)

Peter Godfrey
Judson

Billy Bevan
Castle Guide
Lowden Adams
Floor Waiter (uncredited)

Harry Allen
Mayor (uncredited)
Radford Allen
Boy (uncredited)
George Anderson
Prison Guard (uncredited)

Jimmy Aubrey
Cockney (uncredited)
Crew
- Richard ThorpeDirector
- Victor SavilleDirector · Producer
- Lesser SamuelsScreenplay
- Charles de GrandcourtStory
- Gene FowlerStory
- Karl FreundDirector of Photography
- Ray JuneDirector of Photography
- Werner R. HeymannOriginal Music Composer
- Frank SullivanEditor
Details
- Release date
- January 5, 1940
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Drama
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