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A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for year without touching his inheritance.A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for year without touching his inheritance.A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for year without touching his inheritance.
Andreas Malandrinos
- Guiseppi
- (as Andrea Malandrinos)
Quinton McPherson
- Clowes
- (as Quinton MacPherson)
Alf Goddard
- Butcher Bill
- (uncredited)
Moore Marriott
- Edwards
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.
- GoofsThe map of the London Underground shown when Bliss first sets out looks authentic but misspells Whitechapel as 'Whitechaple'.
- Quotes
Frances Clayton: Cinderella didn't cry in the story... but she would've in real life.
- Alternate versionsThe film was re-issued in the United States in 1937 under the title "The Amazing Adventure" (also alternatively "Romance and Riches"), and was edited down from the original UK running time of 80 minutes, to 61 minutes. Most prints these days are the shorter one.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood Comedy Legends (2011)
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amazingly cheap but endearing
This is an obviously low-budget film from Cary Grant. It seems that most of the stars of the 1940s did a few cheap-o independent films during the 1930s (Bogart and Cagney did a few that I recently reviewed). However, what sets this film apart is that despite its poor quality at times, it's a surprisingly watchable. So, if you ignore one or two flat performances by supporting cast members and sets that are not exactly MGM quality, you'll be rewarded with a decent film. Yes, I'll admit that the plot is just a little bit silly, but because of its charm and brisk pace, it satisfies. Cary plays a rich and lazy guy who finds himself bored with life. When he goes to the doctor, the doc tells him to stop sniveling about his life and DO something productive--get a job and stop being a self-indulgent jerk. Cary takes this as a challenge and decides to make himself over--all for the better. About the only strong negative I felt is that the girl that Cary is destined to marry in the film just seems awfully immature and stupid at the end of the film--I wanted him to find someone better!
- planktonrules
- Jan 17, 2006
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- Romance and Riches
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- Runtime1 hour 1 minute
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was The Amazing Adventure (1936) officially released in Canada in English?
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