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