Beg, Borrow or Steal
Beg, Borrow or Steal
We find con-man Ingraham Steward living by his wits by steering wealthy Paris visitors to sellers of fake paintings and other assorted dodges. He and his wife, Agatha, have been separated for 15 years, but he promises to give their daughter, Joyce, a lavish wedding at his "château" in France. The fact that he doesn't have a château in France is just a minor trifle. He induces the caretaker, Bill Cherau, of a large country estate to allow it to be used for the wedding. The wedding party arrives and Bill falls madly in love with Joyce and she with him, but a gal has gotta do what a gal has gotta do, and her intended marriage to stuffed-shirt Horace Miller stays on the books. But Steward has a change of heart and he tells one and all that he and his friends, Von Gersdorff, Lefevre, Iznamof, Clifton Summitt and Sasch, are all frauds and crooks. Horace and his family stalk out, which is just fine with Joyce as her true love, the caretaker, is waiting on the grounds.
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Cast
Frank Morgan
as Ingraham Steward
Erik Rhodes
as Lefevre
Alphonse Martell
as French Policeman (uncredited)
Florence Rice
as Joyce Steward
Tom Rutherford
as Horace Miller
Reginald Denny
as Clifton Summitt
Harlan Briggs
as Mr. Virgil Miller
Egon Brecher
as Antique Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Josephine Whittell
as Mrs. Ed Thompson (uncredited)
John Beal
as Count Bill Cherau
Cora Witherspoon
as Mrs. Elizabeth Miller
Leonard Carey
as James, Lord Braemer's Butler (uncredited)
Frank Puglia
as French Detective Looking for Summitt (uncredited)
Bert Roach
as Mr. Ed Thompson (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
as Mr. Parsons, Murillo Customer (uncredited)
Herman Bing
as Von Giersdorff, aka Count Herman
E. E. Clive
as Lord Nigel Braemer
Edwin Stanley
as Minister (uncredited)
George Givot
as Izmanov
John Picorri
as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Janet Beecher
as Mrs. Agatha Steward
Vladimir Sokoloff
as Sascha
Fred Malatesta
as Majordomo (uncredited)
Frank Reicher
as Monsieur Debillon (uncredited)
