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The Guv'nor (1935)
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Release Date:
30 May 1937 (Finland) moreGenre:
ComedyPlot:
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The film that inspired Trading Places? moreCast
(Credited cast) | George Arliss | ... | The Guv'nor |
| Ivor Barnard | ||
| Frank Cellier | ... | Barsac |
| Mary Clare | ... | Mme. Barsac |
| Gene Gerrard | ... | Flit |
| George Hayes | ... | Dubois |
| George Haynes | ... | Dubois |
| Viola Keats | ... | Madelaine |
| Patric Knowles | ... | Paul |
| Henrietta Watson | ... | Mrs. Granville |
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80 min | UK:88 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UKMOVIEmeter: 
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I recently saw this film on video and was pleasantly surprised. George Arliss was a real gem of the early cinema and this film continues to display his genius on screen. The film itself is the standard vehicle for Arliss, typically his character undermines some unscrupulous scheme whilst playing cupid to two young lovers. Even after several films this formula remained fresh due to Arliss' talent for reinventing characters. Its a great shame that more of his films aren't available, they have certainly endured more than many films half their age. The similarities with Trading Places are almost immediately obvious, the only difference is that this film is half a century older. A tramp (Arliss) is, through a series of plot twists, made a manager of a bank, in order to cover the unscrupulous dealings of two businessmen, who think him to be a simpleton. The businessmen find out to their cost as Arliss outsmarts and bankrupts them. The film also nicely parodies Arliss' early movie The House of Rothschild.