His Lordship

His Lordship - 1936 | 73 mins | Adventure, Comedy | B&W

The Production Team

Director: Herbert Mason.
Associate Producer: S.C. Balcon.
Script: Edwin Greenwood, Maude T. Howell and L. du Garde Peach. (from the play The Nelson Touch by Neil Grant)
Cinematography: Günther Krampf.
Editing: Michael Gordon.
Art Direction: Alfred Junge.
Costume Department: Marianne.
Sound: F. McNally.
Music Direction: Louis Levy.

The Cast

Lawrence Anderson - Nahil
George Arliss - Richard Fraser/Lorimer, Lord Duncaster
Basil Gill - Abdullah
Allan Jeayes - Barak
Romilly Lunge - Bill Howard
Bernard Merefield - Phillpotts
René Ray - Vera
John Turnbull - Stevenson
Jessie Winter - Lady Duncaster

Plot Synopsis

Light-hearted political potboiler adapted from Neil Grant’s play The Nelson Touch. Suspected of murdering a Middle Eastern emir, Bill (Romilly Lunge), aided by his friend Richard (George Arliss) escapes to England, one step ahead of the real killers. Realising his brother, the Foreign Secretary, wont help, Richard kidnaps and impersonates him – trapping the real killers and averting war.