The Princess Comes Across (1936)
A Swedish princess boards an ocean liner in Europe en route to an acting career in America and finds herself getting inconveniently attached to a bandleader returning home. To complicate matters, a blackmailer on board apparently knows she is not who she claims to be - and he has his sights set on other passengers with secrets of their own. In the meantime an escaped killer has stowed away under someone else's identity, and is killing again to cover his tracks; five international police detectives on board are heading the investigation to find him. When evidence points to the princess and bandleader, they must find the killer themselves - before he finds them.
Director:
William K. Howard
Writers:
Francis Martin, Walter DeLeon, Don Hartman, Frank Butler.
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Carole Lombard as Princess Olga / Wanda Nash |
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Fred MacMurray as King Mantell |
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Douglass Dumbrille as Lorel |
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Alison Skipworth as Lady Gertrude |
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George Barbier as Captain Nicholls |
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William Frawley as Benton |
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Porter Hall as Darcy |
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Lumsden Hare as Cragg |
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Sig Ruman as Steindorf |
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Mischa Auer as Morevitch |
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Bradley Page as The Stranger |
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Tetsu Komai as Kawati |
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Benny Bartlett as Ship's Bellhop (uncredited) |
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George Chandler as Film Man (uncredited) |
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David Clyde as Assistant Purser (uncredited) |
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Jean De Briac as French Baggage Official (uncredited) |
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Keith Daniels as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Eva Dennison as Second Gossipy Bridge Player (uncredited) |
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Eddie Dunn as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Dick Elliott as Ship's Surgeon (uncredited) |
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Charles Fallon as French Baggage Official (uncredited) |
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Gaston Glass as Photographer (uncredited) |
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Jack Hatfield as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Harry Hayden as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited) |
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Tom Herbert as Cabin Steward (uncredited) |
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Gladden James as Ship's Official (uncredited) |
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Edward Keane as Chief Purser (uncredited) |
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Paul Kruger as Assistant Purser (uncredited) |
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Nenette Lafayette as French Woman (uncredited) |
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Isabel La Mal as First Gossipy Bridge Player (uncredited) |
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James T. Mack as Cabin Steward (uncredited) |
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Alphonse Martell as Official at Le Havre Pier (uncredited) |
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Maybelle Palmer as Third Gossipy Bridge Player (uncredited) |
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Jack Raymond as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Christian Rub as Gustavson (uncredited) |
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Milburn Stone as American Reporter (uncredited) |
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George Sorel as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Bernard Suss as Steward (uncredited) |
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John Sutton as Ship's Passenger (uncredited) |
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Phil Tead as Jones, American Newsreel Man (uncredited) |
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George Templeton as Purser (uncredited) |
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Jacques Vanaire as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Ellinor Vanderveer as Ship's Passenger at Concert (uncredited) |
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Monya Andre as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Blair Davies as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Chloe Douglas as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Bess Stafford as Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Writing | Francis Martin | Screenplay |
| Writing | Walter DeLeon | Screenplay |
| Writing | Philip MacDonald | Story |
| Directing | William K. Howard | Director |
| Writing | Don Hartman | Screenplay |
| Writing | Frank Butler | Screenplay |
| Visual Effects | Farciot Edouart | Visual Effects |
| Directing | Isobel Stuart | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | John Leipold | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Ted Tetzlaff | Director of Photography |
| Art | Ernst Fegté | Art Direction |
| Production | Arthur Hornblow Jr. | Producer |
| Editing | Paul Weatherwax | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Travis Banton | Costume Design |
| Art | Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Sound | Harold Lewis | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Don Johnson | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | Adolph Zukor | Presenter |
| Sound | Phil Boutelje | Songs |
| Writing | Louis Lucien Rogger | Novel |
| Visual Effects | Dewey Wrigley | Visual Effects |
| Art | A. E. Freudeman | Interior Designer |
| Writing | Claude Binyon | Writer |
| Directing | Harry Scott | Assistant Director |
| Production | William LeBaron | Executive Producer |
| Writing | J. B. Priestley | Writer |
| Lighting | Earl Crowell | Electrician |
| Crew | Phil Boutelje | Additional Music |
| Crew | Harold Lewis | Additional Music |
| Crew | Stephan Pasternacki | Additional Music |
| Crew | Milan Roder | Additional Music |
| Crew | Victor Young | Additional Music |
| Writing | Jack Scholl | Lyricist |
