| Fit for a King | |
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| Directed by | Edward Sedgwick |
| Written by | Richard Flournoy (original screenplay) |
| Produced by | David L. Loew |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Paul C. Vogel |
| Edited by | Jack Ogilvie |
| Music by | Arthur Morton |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date | 15 October 1937[1] |
Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Fit for a King is a 1937 American comedy film starring Joe E. Brown and directed by Edward Sedgwick.
Newspaper reporter "Scoops" is sent out on assignment, to investigate the failed assassination attempts on Archduke Julio.
Trying to get the story, he runs into Jane Hamilton who is really Princess Helen. He doesn't realize that she is the story: a princess in exile, in danger of assassination; and, falling in love with "Scoops", while engaged to a prince.
The film ends with a wild chase and a shootout with machine guns. The question is, who will survive to tell the tale?
