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Feature film — 1936

The Princess Comes Across (1936)

6.21h 16mComedy — Romance — Mystery — Thriller

A Swedish princess boards an ocean liner in Europe en route to an acting career in America and finds herself getting inconveniently attached to a bandleader returning home. To complicate matters, a blackmailer on board apparently knows she is not who she claims to be - and he has his sights set on other passengers with secrets of their own. In the meantime an escaped killer has stowed away under someone else's identity, and is killing again to cover his tracks; five international police detectives on board are heading the investigation to find him. When evidence points to the princess and bandleader, they must find the killer themselves - before he finds them.

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Paramount Pictures

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Director: William K. Howard

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Cast & crew

Carole Lombard as Princess Olga / Wanda Nash

Carole Lombard

Princess Olga / Wanda Nash

Fred MacMurray as King Mantell

Fred MacMurray

King Mantell

Douglass Dumbrille as Lorel

Douglass Dumbrille

Lorel

Alison Skipworth as Lady Gertrude

Alison Skipworth

Lady Gertrude

George Barbier as Captain Nicholls

George Barbier

Captain Nicholls

William Frawley as Benton

William Frawley

Benton

Porter Hall as Darcy

Porter Hall

Darcy

Lumsden Hare as Cragg

Lumsden Hare

Cragg

Sig Ruman as Steindorf

Sig Ruman

Steindorf

Mischa Auer as Morevitch

Mischa Auer

Morevitch

Bradley Page as The Stranger

Bradley Page

The Stranger

Tetsu Komai as Kawati

Tetsu Komai

Kawati

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