Professor Beware

Professor Beware

He's Back ! In A Merry Riot Of Fun!

NR 1938 · 95 min · ★ 6.0 · Comedy

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.

Directed by Elliott Nugent · Written by Delmer Daves

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