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The Princess Comes Across
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The Princess Comes Across

Those rollicking STARS of "HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE"

1936 76 min ★ 6.3 (18) Released
Comedy Mystery Romance Thriller

A Swedish princess boards an ocean liner in Europe en route to an acting career in America and finds herself getting inconveniently attached to a bandleader returning home. To complicate matters, a blackmailer on board apparently knows she is not who she claims to be - and he has his sights set on other passengers with secrets of their own. In the meantime an escaped killer has stowed away under someone else's identity, and is killing again to cover his tracks; five international police detectives on board are heading the investigation to find him. When evidence points to the princess and bandleader, they must find the killer themselves - before he finds them.

Original title
The Princess Comes Across
Language
EN
Country
US
Budget
Revenue
Keywords 13
blackmail comedy mystery concertina corpse detective ex-con fugitive impersonation murder musician reporter shipboard stowaway
Cast 30
Carole Lombard

Carole Lombard

Princess Olga / Wanda Nash

Fred MacMurray

Fred MacMurray

King Mantell

Douglass Dumbrille

Douglass Dumbrille

Lorel

Alison Skipworth

Alison Skipworth

Lady Gertrude

George Barbier

George Barbier

Captain Nicholls

William Frawley

William Frawley

Benton

Porter Hall

Porter Hall

Darcy

Lumsden Hare

Lumsden Hare

Cragg

Sig Ruman

Sig Ruman

Steindorf

Mischa Auer

Mischa Auer

Morevitch

Bradley Page

Bradley Page

The Stranger

Tetsu Komai

Tetsu Komai

Kawati

Benny Bartlett

Benny Bartlett

Ship's Bellhop (uncredited)

George Chandler

George Chandler

Film Man (uncredited)

David Clyde

David Clyde

Assistant Purser (uncredited)

Jean De Briac

Jean De Briac

French Baggage Official (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

Eddie Dunn

Reporter (uncredited)

Dick Elliott

Dick Elliott

Ship's Surgeon (uncredited)

Gaston Glass

Gaston Glass

Photographer (uncredited)

Harry Hayden

Harry Hayden

Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

Gladden James

Gladden James

Ship's Official (uncredited)

Edward Keane

Edward Keane

Chief Purser (uncredited)

Paul Kruger

Paul Kruger

Assistant Purser (uncredited)

Isabel La Mal

Isabel La Mal

First Gossipy Bridge Player (uncredited)

Alphonse Martell

Alphonse Martell

Official at Le Havre Pier (uncredited)

Christian Rub

Christian Rub

Gustavson (uncredited)

Milburn Stone

Milburn Stone

American Reporter (uncredited)

John Sutton

John Sutton

Ship's Passenger (uncredited)

Phil Tead

Phil Tead

Jones, American Newsreel Man (uncredited)

Ellinor Vanderveer

Ellinor Vanderveer

Ship's Passenger at Concert (uncredited)

Crew 9
Ted Tetzlaff

Ted Tetzlaff

Director of Photography

Travis Banton

Travis Banton

Costume Design

Victor Young

Victor Young

Additional Music

Adolph Zukor

Adolph Zukor

Presenter

William K. Howard

William K. Howard

Director

William LeBaron

William LeBaron

Executive Producer

Arthur Hornblow Jr.

Arthur Hornblow Jr.

Producer

John Leipold

John Leipold

Original Music Composer

Frank Butler

Frank Butler

Screenplay

Gallery 17
US Release Dates 3

May 22, 1936

Theatrical

Apr 4, 2006

DVD

NR Physical

Apr 6, 2021

Blu-ray

NR Physical

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