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The Butler's Dilemma (1943)

Genre : Comedy

Runtime : 1H 23M

Director : Leslie S. Hiscott

Synopsis

Rodney Playfair is persuaded, by a promise to meet his gambling debts, to impersonate a manservant named Chapman at his fiancée's house...

Actors

Richard Hearne
Richard Hearne
Rodney Playfair
Francis L. Sullivan
Francis L. Sullivan
Leo Carrington
Judy Kelly
Judy Kelly
Ann Carrington
Hermione Gingold
Hermione Gingold
Aunt Sophie
Henry Kendall
Henry Kendall
Carmichael
André Randall
André Randall
Vitello
Ian Fleming
Ian Fleming
Sir Hubert Playfair
Ralph Truman
Ralph Truman
Bishop
Wally Patch
Wally Patch
Tom

Crews

Leslie S. Hiscott
Leslie S. Hiscott
Director
Michael Barringer
Michael Barringer
Writer
Elizabeth Hiscott
Elizabeth Hiscott
Producer
John Blore Borelli
John Blore Borelli
Music
James Wilson
James Wilson
Director of Photography
Erwin Reiner
Erwin Reiner
Editor
R. Holmes Paul
R. Holmes Paul
Art Direction
Joan Davis
Joan Davis
Continuity
Arthur Grant
Arthur Grant
Camera Operator
James Morris
James Morris
Sound Recordist
Harold V. King
Harold V. King
Sound
Gladys Weston
Gladys Weston
Hairstylist
Harry Hayward
Harry Hayward
Makeup Artist

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