My Friend the King (1932)
Comedy
Overview
Taxi driver Jim befriends Ruritanian child King Ludwig while the latter is on a visit to London. A plot is afoot by sinister forces to kidnap Ludwig, and Jim becomes caught up in the drama. After the child is abducted Jim uses all his ingenuity, including cross-dressing as a Countess and becoming involved in a car chase, to rescue him from his captors.
Cast
- Jerry Verno as Jim
- Robert Holmes as Captain Felz
- Tracy Holmes as Count Huelin
- Eric Pavitt as King Ludwig
- Phyllis Loring as Princess Helma
- Luli Deste as Countess Zena
- H. Saxon-Snell as Karl
- Victor Fairley as Josef