
Scaramouche(1952)
In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.


A former boxing champion, now an innkeeper, is accused of stealing a watch from a party of guests at his inn, who happen to be members of English royalty. The old man is arrested and thrown in prison. His son, knowing that his father didn't steal the watch and suspecting a frame-up, follows the royal party to London, where he poses as a wealthy "gentleman" and insinuates himself into the English court in an effort to find out who framed his father and why.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
John Beverley aka Barnabas Barty

Elissa Landi
Lady Cleone Meredith

Gordon Harker
Natty Bell

Basil Sydney
Louis Chichester

Hugh Williams
Lord Ronald Meredith

Irene Browne
Lady Huntstanton

Athole Stewart
Marquess of Comberhurst

Coral Browne
Pauline Darville

Margaret Lockwood
Georgina Huntstanton

Esme Percy
John Townsend
The Amateur Gentleman is a adventure film released in 1936 exploring themes of innkeeper, boxing champion. Directed by Thornton Freeland, it stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Elissa Landi, Gordon Harker. A former boxing champion, now an innkeeper, is accused of stealing a watch from a party of guests at his inn, who happen to be members of English royalty. The old man is arrested and thrown in prison. His son, knowing that his father didn't steal the watch and suspecting a frame-up, follows the royal party to London, where he poses as a wealthy "gentleman" and insinuates himself into the English court in an effort to find out who framed his father and why.
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