His Lordship

Overview

The commoner is a happy cockney plumber by the name of Bert Gibbs. Bert comes into contact with the celebrated Russian movie star Ilya Myona. Desperate for publicity and aware that nobility make for good copy, Ilya persuades Bert to pose as her fiancé (with the possibility of persuading him to go through with the marriage if need be). Things are complicated by a pair of anarchic Bolsheviks, one of whom has a daughter named Lenina who knows Bert from his plumber days and is quite in love with him.

Directed by Michael Powell

Top cast

Jerry Verno

Bert Gibbs

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Janet McGrew

Ilya Myona

Ben Welden

Washington Roosevelt Lincoln

Polly Ward

Leninia

Peter Gawthorne

Ferguson, the Butler

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Muriel George

Mrs.Emma Gibbs

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Michael Hogan

Comrade Curzon

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V.C. Clinton-Baddeley

Comrade Howard

Patrick Ludlow

Hon. Grimsthwaite

Valerie Hobson

Last Face in Montage (uncredited)

Anna Lee

Scrub Girl Chorine (uncredited)

Ray Noble

Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

Ian Wilson

Man Listening to the Speech (uncredited)

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