The Princess Comes Across (1936)

Those rollicking STARS of "HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE"

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.

Cast (47)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Carole Lombard

Princess Olga / Wanda Nash

Fred MacMurray

King Mantell

Douglass Dumbrille

Lorel

Alison Skipworth

Lady Gertrude

George Barbier

Captain Nicholls

William Frawley

Benton

Porter Hall

Darcy

Lumsden Hare

Cragg

Sig Ruman

Steindorf

Mischa Auer

Morevitch

Bradley Page

The Stranger

Tetsu Komai

Kawati

Benny Bartlett

Ship's Bellhop (uncredited)

George Chandler

Film Man (uncredited)

David Clyde

Assistant Purser (uncredited)

Jean De Briac

French Baggage Official (uncredited)

K

Keith Daniels

Reporter (uncredited)

E

Eva Dennison

Second Gossipy Bridge Player (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

Reporter (uncredited)

Dick Elliott

Ship's Surgeon (uncredited)

C

Charles Fallon

French Baggage Official (uncredited)

Gaston Glass

Photographer (uncredited)

J

Jack Hatfield

Reporter (uncredited)

Harry Hayden

Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

T

Tom Herbert

Cabin Steward (uncredited)

Gladden James

Ship's Official (uncredited)

Edward Keane

Chief Purser (uncredited)

Paul Kruger

Assistant Purser (uncredited)

N

Nenette Lafayette

French Woman (uncredited)

Isabel La Mal

First Gossipy Bridge Player (uncredited)

J

James T. Mack

Cabin Steward (uncredited)

Alphonse Martell

Official at Le Havre Pier (uncredited)

M

Maybelle Palmer

Third Gossipy Bridge Player (uncredited)

J

Jack Raymond

Reporter (uncredited)

Christian Rub

Gustavson (uncredited)

Milburn Stone

American Reporter (uncredited)

G

George Sorel

Reporter (uncredited)

B

Bernard Suss

Steward (uncredited)

John Sutton

Ship's Passenger (uncredited)

Phil Tead

Jones, American Newsreel Man (uncredited)

G

George Templeton

Purser (uncredited)

J

Jacques Vanaire

Reporter (uncredited)

Ellinor Vanderveer

Ship's Passenger at Concert (uncredited)

M

Monya Andre

Minor Role (uncredited)

B

Blair Davies

Minor Role (uncredited)

C

Chloe Douglas

Minor Role (uncredited)

B

Bess Stafford

Minor Role (uncredited)

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