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The Guardsman

His disguise was perfect - did she really know it was her husband when she surrended to him...?
Oct 20, 1931 · 1h 22m
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Comedy
Drama

PLOT

An acclaimed actor and his equally acclaimed actress wife, who have been married for less than a year, are already showing signs of strain in their marriage. The actor believes his wife is capable of infidelity and sets out to prove this is so. Disguising himself as the kind of man he believes she fancies (a Russian military officer), the actor woos his wife while she believes her husband to be out of town.

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CAST

Alfred Lunt
The Actor
Lynn Fontanne
The Actress
Roland Young
The Critic
Zasu Pitts
Liesl
Maude Eburne
"Mama"
Herman Bing
A Creditor
Ann Dvorak
Fan Saying "There He Is" (uncredited)
Geraldine Dvorak
Operagoer (uncredited)
Directed by Sidney Franklin

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Country
US

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