The Earl of Chicago (1940)
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Release Date: Jan 5, 1940 Wide
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Release Date: Jan 5, 1940 Wide
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The schizophrenic screenplay of The Earl of Chicago is rendered even more bizarre by the uneven performance by Robert Montgomery. He plays Silky Kilmont, a Runyonesque American gangster who inherits a British title (Earl of Gorley) and mansion. Taking charge of his new estate, Silky has an amusing time trying to acclimate himself to the customs of the "landed gentry". Things take a sinister turn when Silky discovers that his trusted attorney Doc Ramsey (Edward Arnold) is actually a bigger crook
Jan 5, 1940 Wide
Cast
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Robert Montgomery
Silky Kilmount -
Edward Arnold
Doc Ramsey -
Reginald Owen
Gervase Gonwell -
Edmund Gwenn
Mumsey -
E.E. Clive
Redwood -
Ronald Sinclair
Gerald Kilmount -
Norma Varden
Maureen Kilmount -
Halliwell Hobbes
Lord High Chancellor -
Peter Godfrey
Judson -
Billy Bevan
Guide -
Harry Allen
Mayer -
George Anderson
Guard -
Jimmy Aubrey
Cockney -
Frank Baker
Policeman -
Barbara Bedford
Doc's Secretary -
Gladys Blake
Silken Legs -
Barlowe Borland
Fingal -
Matthew Boulton
Ickerton -
John Burton
Clerk -
John K. Butler
Slim -
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Charles Coleman
Bishop -
Alec Craig
Son -
David Dunbar
Plowman -
Rex Evans
Vicar -
Henry Flynn
Villager -
William Haade
Crapshooter -
Alec Harford
Mr. Dell -
Holmes Herbert
Sergeant-at-Arms -
Kenneth Hunter
Lord Tyrmanell -
Olaf Hytten
Hodges -
Ellis Irving
Russell -
Boyd Irwin
Presiding Magistrate -
Gladden James
Silky's Secretary -
Colin Kenny
Sergeant -
Crauford Kent
Specialist -
Miles Mander
Attorney General -
Eddie Marr
Offender -
Leonard Mudie
Allington -
Forbes Murray
Diplomat -
Tempe Piggott
Mrs. Oades -
C. Montague Shaw
Doctor -
Ivan Simpson
Hargraves -
William Stack
Coroner -
Zeffie Tilbury
Old Lady -
Anthony Warde
Salesman -
Pierre Watkin
Warden -
Ben Webster
Gaffer -
Ben Welden
Driver -
Ian Wolfe
Reading Clerk -
Frederic Worlock
Lord Elfie -
Ralph Stock
Constable -
Robert Warwick
Clerk at Parliament -
Paul England
Chief Constable -
Lowden Adams
Floor Waiter -
Vangie Beilby
Old Maid -
Frank Benson
Sexton -
Art Berry Sr.
Seedman -
Starrett Ford
Villager -
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Arthur Mulliner
Mr. Brackton -
Yvonne Severn
Village Girl -
John Power
Tourist
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Audience Reviews for The Earl of Chicago
Robert Montgomery does a Superb Job as Silky Kilmount, an Illiterate Chicago Gangster who finds out that he is the Earl of Gorley in England that was given up to an Orphanage as a child & falls into a life of Crime instead of an Aristocratic Upbringing he should have had.He falls prey to a Much Smarter, Devious Attorney, who advises him to go to England & take Charge of his Title & Land Holdings.It's quite amusing as we watch him bumble through as this Unsophisticated Gangster who tries to fit into a Culture, & the House of Lords, so above his Manners & Education.When he finds out the Attorney he considers his Trusted Best Friend is using him for personal gain because he is so Daft, he loses it, & kills him in a fit of rage, changing the tone of the film when it becomes about his Murder Trial . He seems to not think he doesn't deserve a trial based on the New Man he has become, & that it was the result of the Temporary Insanity caused by Betrayal.The Dichotomy of this Man & the Two Lives he Lives make this Film quite good.
July 23, 2011
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