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Professor Beware
“He's Back ! In A Merry Riot Of Fun!”
6.0 / 10• 1938• 1h 35m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
Egyptologist, Dean Lambert, 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.
Cast & Crew
Harold Lloyd
Prof. Dean Lambert
Lead
Phyllis Welch
Jane Van Buren
Raymond Walburn
Judge James G. Parkhouse Marshall
Lionel Stander
Jerry
William Frawley
Snoop Donlan
Thurston Hall
J.J. Van Buren
Cora Witherspoon
Mrs. Ophelia Pitts
Sterling Holloway
Rupert (the groom)
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Elliott Nugent's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Professor Beware is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
