Beg, Borrow or Steal
03/12/1937
1h 12m
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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.
Cast
Frank Morgan
Ingraham Steward
Florence Rice
Joyce Steward
John Beal
Count Bill Cherau
Janet Beecher
Mrs. Agatha Steward
Herman Bing
Von Giersdorff, aka Count Herman
Erik Rhodes
Lefevre
George Givot
Izmanov
E. E. Clive
Lord Nigel Braemer
Tom Rutherford
Horace Miller
Cora Witherspoon
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller
Reginald Denny
Clifton Summitt
Vladimir Sokoloff
Sascha
Harlan Briggs
Mr. Virgil Miller
Lowden Adams
Braemer's Servant (uncredited)
Egon Brecher
Antique Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Leonard Carey
James, Lord Braemer's Butler (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
Mr. Parsons, Murillo Customer (uncredited)
Robert Du Couedic
French Detective (uncredited)
Fred Malatesta
Majordomo (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell
French Policeman (uncredited)
Dan Maxwell
Scotch Gun Bearer (uncredited)
Jean Perry
Inspector Lebrix (uncredited)
John Picorri
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Frank Puglia
French Detective Looking for Summitt (uncredited)
Frank Reicher
Monsieur Debillon (uncredited)
Bert Roach
Mr. Ed Thompson (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley
Minister (uncredited)
Joseph R. Tozer
Lord Kenyon (uncredited)
Josephine Whittell
Mrs. Ed Thompson (uncredited)
Betty Worth
Joyce's Maid (uncredited)
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