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Fit for a King
“"Fits" for the whole family”
6.0 / 10• 1937• 1h 13m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
Newspaper reporter "Scoops" is sent out on assignment, to investigate the failed assassination attempts on Archduke Julio. Trying to get the story, he runs into Jane Hamilton who is really Princess Helen. He doesn't realize that she is the story: a princess in exile, in danger of assassination; and, falling in love with "Scoops", while engaged to a prince.
Cast & Crew
Joe E. Brown
Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones
Lead
Helen Mack
Jane Hamilton / Princess Helen
Paul Kelly
Briggs
Harry Davenport
Archduke Julio
Halliwell Hobbes
Count Strunsky
John Qualen
Otto
Donald Briggs
Prince Michael
Robert Warwick
Prime Minister
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Edward Sedgwick's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Fit for a King is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
