The Earl of Chicago

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The Earl of Chicago

"Can a Lord of England be a Czar of the underworld?"

1940

1h 27m

5.6(5 votes)

Drama

Overview

A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.

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71 members

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Robert Montgomery

Robert Kilmount

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Edward Arnold

Quentin 'Doc' Ramsey

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Reginald Owen

Gervase Gonwell

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Edmund Gwenn

Munsey, the Butler

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E. E. Clive

Mr. Redwood

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Ronald Sinclair

Master Gerald Kilmount

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Norma Varden

Maureen Kilmount

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Halliwell Hobbes

Lord Chancellor

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Ian Wolfe

Reading Clerk (as Ian Wulf)

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Peter Godfrey

Judson

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Billy Bevan

Castle Guide

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Lowden Adams

Floor Waiter (uncredited)

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Harry Allen

Mayor (uncredited)

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Radford Allen

Boy (uncredited)

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George Anderson

Prison Guard (uncredited)

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Jimmy Aubrey

Cockney (uncredited)

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Frank Baker

Policeman (uncredited)

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Barbara Bedford

Ramsey's Secretary Martha Jackson (uncredited)

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Vangie Beilby

Old Maid (uncredited)

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Frank Benson

Sexton (uncredited)

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Art Berry Sr.

Seedsman (uncredited)

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Ted Billings

Townsman Outside House of Lords (uncredited)

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Gladys Blake

'Babe', Silken Legs (uncredited)

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Barlowe Borland

Fingal (uncredited)

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Matthew Boulton

Ickerton (uncredited)

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John Burton

Clerk (uncredited)

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David Clyde

Hanger-on (uncredited)

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James Conaty

Lord (uncredited)

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Bob Corey

Fisherman (uncredited)

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Alec Craig

Fingal's Son (uncredited)

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Sayre Dearing

Gunman in Card Game (uncredited)

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David Dunbar

Plowman (uncredited)

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Paul England

Chief Constable (uncredited)

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Henry Flynn

Villager (uncredited)

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Colonel Ford

Villager (uncredited)

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William Haade

Crapshooter (uncredited)

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Alec Harford

Mr. Dell (uncredited)

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Sam Harris

Lord (uncredited)

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Holmes Herbert

Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)

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Harold Howard

Fisherman (uncredited)

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Kenneth Hunter

Lord Tyrmanell (uncredited)

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Olaf Hytten

Hodges (uncredited)

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Ellis Irving

Russell (uncredited)

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Boyd Irwin

Presiding Magistrate (uncredited)

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Gladden James

Silky's Secretary (uncredited)

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P.J. Kelly

Hanger-on (uncredited)

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Colin Kenny

Sergeant (uncredited)

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Claude King

Yeoman Usher (uncredited)

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Leyton Lee

Adjutant (uncredited)

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Miles Mander

Attorney General (uncredited)

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Eddie Marr

Kilmount Salesman with Gun (uncredited)

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Harold Miller

House of Lords Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Edmund Mortimer

Lord (uncredited)

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Leonard Mudie

Mr. Allington (uncredited)

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Arthur Mulliner

Mr. Brackton (uncredited)

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Forbes Murray

Diplomat (uncredited)

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William H. O'Brien

Turnkey (uncredited)

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Nora Perry

Receptionist (uncredited)

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Tempe Pigott

Mrs. Oakes (uncredited)

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Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Townsman (uncredited)

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John Power

Tourist (uncredited)

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Yvonne Severn

Village Girl (uncredited)

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Ivan F. Simpson

Hargraves (uncredited)

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William Stack

Coroner (uncredited)

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Ralph Stock

Constable (uncredited)

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Zeffie Tilbury

Miss Nana (uncredited)

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Anthony Warde

Kilmount Salesman (uncredited)

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Robert Warwick

Clerk at Parliament (uncredited)

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Ben Webster

Gaffer Oakes (uncredited)

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Ben Welden

Silky's Driver (uncredited)

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Frederick Worlock

Lord Elfie (uncredited)

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