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Beg, Borrow or Steal

Beg, Borrow or Steal (1937)

Directed by Wilhelm Thiele
1h 12minruntime
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5.0/10

Plot

We find con-man Ingraham Steward living by his wits by steering wealthy Paris visitors to sellers of fake paintings and other assorted dodges. He and his wife, Agatha, have been separated for 15 years, but he promises to give their daughter, Joyce, a lavish wedding at his "château" in France. The fact that he doesn't have a château in France is just a minor trifle. He induces the caretaker, Bill Cherau, of a large country estate to allow it to be used for the wedding. The wedding party arrives and Bill falls madly in love with Joyce and she with him, but a gal has gotta do what a gal has gotta do, and her intended marriage to stuffed-shirt Horace Miller stays on the books. But Steward has a change of heart and he tells one and all that he and his friends, Von Gersdorff, Lefevre, Iznamof, Clifton Summitt and Sasch, are all frauds and crooks. Horace and his family stalk out, which is just fine with Joyce as her true love, the caretaker, is waiting on the grounds.

Full cast

ActorRole
E. E. CliveLord Nigel Braemer
Tom RutherfordHorace Miller
Cora WitherspoonMrs. Elizabeth Miller
Reginald DennyClifton Summitt
Vladimir SokoloffSascha
Harlan BriggsMr. Virgil Miller
Lowden AdamsBraemer's Servant (uncredited)
Egon BrecherAntique Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Leonard CareyJames, Lord Braemer's Butler (uncredited)
Joseph CrehanMr. Parsons, Murillo Customer (uncredited)
Robert Du CouedicFrench Detective (uncredited)
Fred MalatestaMajordomo (uncredited)
Alphonse MartellFrench Policeman (uncredited)
Dan MaxwellScotch Gun Bearer (uncredited)
Jean PerryInspector Lebrix (uncredited)
John PicorriOrchestra Leader (uncredited)
Frank PugliaFrench Detective Looking for Summitt (uncredited)
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Frank ReicherMonsieur Debillon (uncredited)
Bert RoachMr. Ed Thompson (uncredited)
Edwin StanleyMinister (uncredited)
Joseph R. TozerLord Kenyon (uncredited)
Josephine WhittellMrs. Ed Thompson (uncredited)
Betty WorthJoyce's Maid (uncredited)

Genres

ComedyRomance

Technical details

DetailValue
Original titleBeg, Borrow or Steal
Original languageEnglish (EN)
Spoken languagesEnglish
Production countriesUnited States of America
StatusReleased
Production companiesMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date3 dicembre 1937
ProductionFrederick Stephani
WriterHarry Ruskin, Leonard Lee, Marion Parsonnet, William C. White
EditingConrad A. Nervig
CinematographyWilliam H. Daniels
Assistant directorsWilhelm Thiele
Camera operatorsWilliam H. Daniels
Additional photographyWilliam H. Daniels
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Release dates

Theatrical release

United States / Dec 03, 1937 / NR

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