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Cast

Katharine Hepburn
as Sylvia Scarlett

Cary Grant
as Jimmy Monkley

Brian Aherne
as Michael Fane

Edmund Gwenn
as Henry Scarlett

Natalie Paley
as Lily

Dennis Moore
as Maudie Tilt

Dennie Moore
as Maudie Tilt

Lennox Pawle
as Drunk

Daisy Belmore
as Bit

Nola Luxford
as Bit

Daisy Goodill
as Bit

Elsa Buchanan
as Bit

Lilyan Irene
as Bit

Kay Deslys
as Bit

May Beatty
as Bit

Thomas Braidon
as Bit

Elspeth Dudgeon
as Bit

Ella McKenzie
as Bit

Roger Roughton
as Bit

Ethel Rawson
as Bit

Alec Harford
as Bit

Frank Moran
as Bit

Colin Campbell
as Bit

Connie Lamont
as Bit

Lorimer Johnston
as Bit

Gwendolyn Logan
as Bit

C. Montague Shaw
as Bit

Elsie Mackay
as Bit

Patricia Caron
as Bit

Robert Hale
as Bit

Gwendolen Logan

Nina Borget
as Bit

Carmen Beretta
as Bit

Harrington Reynolds
as Bit

Violet Seaton
as Bit

Pat Somerset
as Bit

George Nardelli
as Frenchman

Dina Smirnova
as Russian

E.E. Clive
as Customs Inspector

Edward Cooper
as Customs Inspector

Olaf Hytten
as Customs Inspector

Bunny Beatty
as Maid

Peter Hobbes
as Steward

Jacques Vanaire
as Steward

Leonard Mudie
as Steward

Adrienne D'Ambricourt
as Stewardess

Gaston Glass
as Purser

Michael Visaroff
as Purser

Harold Entwistle
as Conductor

Lionel Pape
as Sgt. Major

Robert A'Dair
as Turnkey

Harold Cheevers
as Bobby

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Critic Reviews for Sylvia Scarlett

Audience Reviews for Sylvia Scarlett

• Jan 08, 2012

  Think fast! Your dad, Edmund Gwenn has been embezzling money and you have to escape the country and you look like Katharine Hepburn. In order to evade the authorities, do you cut off your long braids and pose as a boy? Of course you do! When you and dad run across a smuggler who looks an awful lot like Cary Grant you decide to keep up the ruse so that you might learn the tricks of being a con man. Unfortunately, you wind up being too honest to do any decent thieving so you decide to start a touring performance troupe (you, your dad, Cary Grant and some other dame you found). When some loud mouth heckles the dame in your group while you're doing your act onstage, you go home with him, and spend the rest of the movie trying to decide whether you love him or Cary Grant. Everyone in this movie is confused and the plot is sloppy/messy, but I thought Hepburn was pretty cute in this gender-bending role (there's even a "lesbian" kiss). Granted, this was probably one of the first films of this kind, but that still doesn't make it very good.
  Devon B Super Reviewer
• Sep 03, 2010

  This movie is somewhat strange, mostly because I didn't think Hepburn's character had a good enough reason to dress up as a boy. I didn't understand that part, and the movie doesn't explain it. Hepburn and Grant are really good in this movie, though, and it's really funny, so I stopped questioning it.
  Aj V Super Reviewer
• Jan 16, 2010

  This is a film that stars Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Edmund Gwenn and Brian Aherne. The basic plot has Hepburn character and her father escape to England after a embezzlement charge. So no one suspects who they are his daughter pretends to be a boy. They end up meeting a scoundrel played by Grant and start a life of crime then on to a traveling show across the country. This story was a bit odd. Your never sure how this film is going to end. The film is a mix of drama, comedy and romance. All the actors do a fine job in their roles. Hepburn and Grant are the best in their roles. A solid film overall. If your a Grant or Hepburn fan then give this a watch.
  Corey n Super Reviewer

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