Fit for a King

For the Christian metalcore band, see Fit for a King (band).

Fit for a King is a 1937 American comedy film starring Joe E. Brown and directed by Edward Sedgwick.

Fit for a King
Directed by	Edward Sedgwick
Written by	Richard Flournoy (original screenplay)
Produced by	David L. Loew
Starring	Joe E. Brown Helen Mack Paul Kelly Harry Davenport
Cinematography	Paul C. Vogel
Edited by	Jack Ogilvie
Music by	Arthur Morton
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	15 October 1937 (1937-10-15)[1]
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

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?

Cast

• Joe E. Brown as Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones
• Helen Mack as Jane Hamilton / Princess Helen
• Paul Kelly as Briggs
• Harry Davenport as Archduke Julio
• Halliwell Hobbes as Count Strunsky
• John Qualen as Otto
• Donald Briggs as Prince Michael
• Frank Reicher as Kurtz
• Russell Hicks as Editor Hardwick
• Charles Trowbridge as Mr. Marshall

Soundtrack