Beg, Borrow or Steal

Beg, Borrow or Steal (1937)

ComedyRomance

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.

Director: Wilhelm Thiele
Writers: Harry Ruskin, Leonard Lee, Marion Parsonnet.

Casts

	Frank Morgan as Ingraham Steward
	Florence Rice as Joyce Steward
	John Beal as Count Bill Cherau
	Janet Beecher as Mrs. Agatha Steward
	Herman Bing as Von Giersdorff, aka Count Herman
	Erik Rhodes as Lefevre
	George Givot as Izmanov
	E. E. Clive as Lord Nigel Braemer
	Tom Rutherford as Horace Miller
	Cora Witherspoon as Mrs. Elizabeth Miller
	Reginald Denny as Clifton Summitt
	Vladimir Sokoloff as Sascha
	Harlan Briggs as Mr. Virgil Miller
	Lowden Adams as Braemer's Servant (uncredited)
	Egon Brecher as Antique Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
	Leonard Carey as James, Lord Braemer's Butler (uncredited)
	Joseph Crehan as Mr. Parsons, Murillo Customer (uncredited)
	Robert Du Couedic as French Detective (uncredited)
	Fred Malatesta as Majordomo (uncredited)
	Alphonse Martell as French Policeman (uncredited)
	Dan Maxwell as Scotch Gun Bearer (uncredited)
	Jean Perry as Inspector Lebrix (uncredited)
	John Picorri as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
	Frank Puglia as French Detective Looking for Summitt (uncredited)
	Frank Reicher as Monsieur Debillon (uncredited)
	Bert Roach as Mr. Ed Thompson (uncredited)
	Edwin Stanley as Minister (uncredited)
	Joseph R. Tozer as Lord Kenyon (uncredited)
	Josephine Whittell as Mrs. Ed Thompson (uncredited)
	Betty Worth as Joyce's Maid (uncredited)

Crew