Robert Montgomery and Rosalind Russell after being teamed in Night Must Fall got a more upbeat film with Trouble For Two. Though the source for this movie is Robert Louis Stevenson's first book of a detective trilogy concerning Prince Florizel and sidekick Count Geraldine who as Prince and equerry have a whole lot of adventures going incognito.
The story is not entirely coherent, but the leads and Frank Morgan as the equerry make it enjoyable. Not unlike the former Prince of Wales and King Edward VIII ever so briefly, Robert Montgomery's silly behavior has forced dear old dad King E.E. Clive to send him into temporary exile of sorts. Stay incognito and stay out of trouble are the two commands.
Montgomery and Morgan come upon a club called the Suicide Club dedicated to dispatching folks to another plane of existence if you have the right fee. It seems to have a particular appeal to wastrel types who've decided they've gorged enough on hedonism. Such a one is Louis Hayward who has a brief and memorable role as such a one. In fact Hayward was particularly effective here and in other similar type roles.
Rosalind Russell is a princess who Montgomery is to be betrothed and he's not liking the idea. But she's targeted by this group as well and the shared adventure might just make this royal marriage a royal romance.
Head of the club and one nasty customer is Reginald Owen. He and Hayward in many ways steal this film from the leads.
It's not Stevenson's verbatim story, but an enjoyable film
The story is not entirely coherent, but the leads and Frank Morgan as the equerry make it enjoyable. Not unlike the former Prince of Wales and King Edward VIII ever so briefly, Robert Montgomery's silly behavior has forced dear old dad King E.E. Clive to send him into temporary exile of sorts. Stay incognito and stay out of trouble are the two commands.
Montgomery and Morgan come upon a club called the Suicide Club dedicated to dispatching folks to another plane of existence if you have the right fee. It seems to have a particular appeal to wastrel types who've decided they've gorged enough on hedonism. Such a one is Louis Hayward who has a brief and memorable role as such a one. In fact Hayward was particularly effective here and in other similar type roles.
Rosalind Russell is a princess who Montgomery is to be betrothed and he's not liking the idea. But she's targeted by this group as well and the shared adventure might just make this royal marriage a royal romance.
Head of the club and one nasty customer is Reginald Owen. He and Hayward in many ways steal this film from the leads.
It's not Stevenson's verbatim story, but an enjoyable film