Brother Alfred

Brother Alfred

A comedy gem from the pen of P.G. Wodehouse, foremost of novelists of the light and amusing variety.

1932 · 71 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy

Vaudevillian Gene Gerrard stars as George, a young man on a yacht moored off Monte Carlo who has a tiff with his fiancée, goes ashore on a glorious binge, then finds himself accused of assaulting a prince! When he attempts to extricate himself by pretending to be his non-existent twin brother, he finds he's really in trouble...

Directed by Henry Edwards · Written by Henry Edwards

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Gene Gerrard George Lattaker
Molly Lamont Stella
Elsie Randolph Mamie
Bobbie Comber Billy Marshall
Clifford Heatherley Prince Sachsberg
Hal Gordon Harold Voles
Henry Wenman Uncle George
Adele Blanche Pilbeam
James Carew Mr. Marshall
Hugh E. Wright Sydney
Harvey Braban Denis
Toni Edgar-Bruce Mrs. Vandaline

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