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The Earl of Chicago(1940)
Status: Released
Date: 1940-01-05
63%
7 Votes
Time: 1h 27m
Can a Lord of England be a Czar of the underworld?
Overview:
A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
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Movie: The Earl of Chicago
Top 10 Billed Cast
Robert Montgomery
Robert Kilmount
Edward Arnold
Quentin 'Doc' Ramsey
Reginald Owen
Gervase Gonwell
Edmund Gwenn
Munsey, the Butler
E. E. Clive
Mr. Redwood
Ronald Sinclair
Master Gerald Kilmount
Norma Varden
Maureen Kilmount
Halliwell Hobbes
Lord Chancellor
Ian Wolfe
Reading Clerk (as Ian Wulf)
Peter Godfrey
Judson
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Overview
A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.
Release Date
1940-01-05
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Can a Lord of England be a Czar of the underworld?
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