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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