Beg, Borrow or Steal

Synopsis

We find con-man Ingraham Steward living by his wits by steering wealthy Paris visitors to sellers of fake paintings and other assorted dodges. He and his wife, Agatha, have been separated for 15 years, but he promises to give their daughter, Joyce, a lavish wedding at his "château" in France. The fact that he doesn't have a château in France is just a minor trifle. He induces the caretaker, Bill Cherau, of a large country estate to allow it to be used for the wedding. The wedding party arrives and Bill falls madly in love with Joyce and she with him, but a gal has gotta do what a gal has gotta do, and her intended marriage to stuffed-shirt Horace Miller stays on the books. But Steward has a change of heart and he tells one and all that he and his friends, Von Gersdorff, Lefevre, Iznamof, Clifton Summitt and Sasch, are all frauds and crooks. Horace and his family stalk out, which is just fine with Joyce as her true love, the caretaker, is waiting on the grounds.

Main Cast

Frank Morgan

Ingraham Steward

Age : 59 | Popularity : 35%

Florence Rice

Joyce Steward

Age : 67 | Popularity : 19%

John Beal

Count Bill Cherau

Age : 87 | Popularity : 18%

Janet Beecher

Mrs. Agatha Steward

Age : N/A | Popularity : 21%

Herman Bing

Von Giersdorff, aka Count Herman

Age : 57 | Popularity : 27%

Erik Rhodes

Lefevre

Age : 84 | Popularity : 26%

George Givot

Izmanov

Age : 81 | Popularity : 23%

E. E. Clive

Lord Nigel Braemer

Age : 60 | Popularity : 23%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Art	Assistant Art Director	Harry McAfee Edwin B. Willis
	Art Direction	Cedric Gibbons
Sound	Sound Director	Douglas Shearer
	Original Music Composer	William Axt
Directing	Director	Wilhelm Thiele
Writing	Screenplay	Leonard Lee Harry Ruskin Marion Parsonnet
	Author	William C. White
Production	Producer	Frederick Stephani
Camera	Director of Photography	William H. Daniels
Editing	Editor	Conrad A. Nervig
Department	Role	Name

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