Monsieur Beaucaire Movie Review 1946

Entertaining Hope vehicle that casts him as a barber impersonating a French nobleman in the court of Louis XV. He's set to wed a Spanish princess in order to prevent a full-scale war from taking place. However, he really wants to marry social-climber chambermaid Caulfield. Director Marshall was at his best here. Based on the novel by Booth Tarkington.

Distribution

Baker & Taylor Inc., 2709 Water Ridge Pkwy., Ste. 500, Charlotte, NC 28217, Phone: (704)357-3500, Toll-free: 800-775-1800, Email: btinfo@btol.com, URL: http://www.btol.com

Available on VHS
Running time 93 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 18th Century, Royalty, France, Mistaken Identity

Screenplay

Melvin Frank, Norman Panama

Cast

Bob Hope, Joan Caulfield, Patric Knowles, Marjorie Reynolds, Cecil Kellaway, Joseph Schildkraut, Reginald Owen, Constance Collier

Cinematography

Lionel Lindon

Director

George Marshall

Producer

Paramount Pictures, MCA Home Video