Beg, Borrow or Steal
6.6
“A Laugh-A-Minute romance!”
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.
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Cast
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Frank Morgan
Ingraham Steward
Known for
The Wizard of Oz
The Shop Around the Corner
Florence Rice
Joyce Steward
Known for
At the Circus
John Beal
Count Bill Cherau
Known for
Amityville 3-D
The Cat and the Canary
Janet Beecher
Mrs. Agatha Steward
Known for
The Lady Eve
The Mark of Zorro
Herman Bing
Von Giersdorff, aka Count Herman
Known for
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
The Merry Widow
Erik Rhodes
Lefevre
Known for
Top Hat
The Gay Divorcee
George Givot
Izmanov
Known for
Lady and the Tramp
Road to Morocco
E. E. Clive
Lord Nigel Braemer
Known for
The Invisible Man
Bride of Frankenstein
Tom Rutherford
Horace Miller
Also in
The Firefly
Rosalie
Cora Witherspoon
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller
Known for
The Bank Dick
Dark Victory
Reginald Denny
Clifton Summitt
Known for
Rebecca
Batman
Vladimir Sokoloff
Sascha
Known for
The Magnificent Seven
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Wilhelm Thiele Director · Harry Ruskin Screenplay Marion Parsonnet Screenplay
United States release December 3, 1937 · Produced in United States
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 3, 1937
Theatrical
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