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Date: 1936 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, USA

Director: Alfred Zeisler

Synopsis: A doctor consulted by the dissatisfied millionaire Ernest Bliss tells him that the remedy lies in his own hands. Ernest bets the doctor that he will earn his own living for a year.

Genre:
Comedy
Releases
Date: 1936Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 81 mins Length: 7188 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (9)
Production Company: Garrett-Klement Pictures, Producer: Robert Garrett, Producer: Otto Klement, Screenplay: John L. Balderston, Based on the novel by: Edward Phillips Oppenheim, Photography: Otto Heller, Editor: Merrill G. White, Art Director: David Rawnsley
Cast (21)
Cary Grant (Ernest Bliss), Mary Brian (Frances), Henry Kendall (Lord Honington), Leon M. Lion (Donnington), Garry Marsh (Buyer), John Turnbull (Masters), Iris Ashley (Clare), Arthur Hardy (Crawley), Frank Stanmore (Mr Mott), Buena Bent (Mrs Mott), Marie Wright (Mrs Heath), Hal Gordon (Bill Bronson), Alf Goddard (Butcher Bill), Moore Marriott (Edwards), Peter Gawthorne (Sir James Aldroyd), Andrea Malandrinos (Giuseppi), Alfred Wellesley (Montague), Charles Farrell (Scales), Quinton McPherson (Clowes), Dorothy Black, Florence Harwood