Brother Alfred
A comedy gem from the pen of P.G. Wodehouse, foremost of novelists of the light and amusing variety.
1932 · 1h 11m
Comedy
Directed by
Henry Edwards
Overview
Vaudevillian Gene Gerrard stars as George, a young man on a yacht moored off Monte Carlo who has a tiff with his fiancée, goes ashore on a glorious binge, then finds himself accused of assaulting a prince! When he attempts to extricate himself by pretending to be his non-existent twin brother, he finds he's really in trouble...
Director and cast
- Henry Edwards Director
- Gene Gerrard as George Lattaker
- Molly Lamont as Stella
- Elsie Randolph as Mamie
- Bobbie Comber as Billy Marshall
- Clifford Heatherley as Prince Sachsberg
- Hal Gordon as Harold Voles
- Henry Wenman as Uncle George
- Adele Blanche as Pilbeam
- James Carew as Mr. Marshall
- Hugh E. Wright as Sydney
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