An American airman (Peter Thompson) inherits an English title, but will he cope with English nobility?An American airman (Peter Thompson) inherits an English title, but will he cope with English nobility?An American airman (Peter Thompson) inherits an English title, but will he cope with English nobility?
Peter M. Thompson
- Joe Turner
- (as Peter Thompson)
Harold Lloyd Jr.
- Butch Halliday
- (as Harold Lloyd Jnr.)
Patrick Connor
- Orderly
- (as Pat Connor)
John McLaren
- Corporal
- (as John Maclaren)
- Director
- Writers
- John Paddy Carstairs(uncredited)
- John Baines(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- TriviaHarold Lloyd Jr. (aged 44) died in 1971, the same year as his father Harold Lloyd, from complications following a stroke.
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An Earl in the American Air Force
A Yank In Ermine tells of the story of an enlisted American Airman who gets a visit
from British solicitor Reginald Beckwith who tells him that he's about to inherit
a title and estate because a whole lot of relatives he never knew he had have taken leave of this earth. He's got himself a nice bit of acreage in England with
servants and all.
Of course if he decides the lifestyle isn't for him he can abdicate. But Peter Thompson decides to go to the United Kingdom and check it out. Accompanying area a pair of friends Harold Lloyd, Jr., and Jon Pertwee.
There are some women involved. A nightclub singer back home played by Diana Decker and Noelle Middleton who is the heiress to a neighboring estate. The usual romantic complications ensue.
This might have been a bigger hit, but Peter Thompson was just too bland in the lead. I daresay this probably got limited distribution on this side of the pond.
Another reviewer said Jon Pertwee had an atrocious American accent. That he did, but I think it was quite deliberate. Pertwee was having some fun with the part spoofing what some Americans sound like to British ears. I enjoyed him and Harold Lloyd, Jr. at the local dance where Pertwee cuts one mean rug in slang of the day.
A Yank In Ermine still an entertaining film after over 60 years.
Of course if he decides the lifestyle isn't for him he can abdicate. But Peter Thompson decides to go to the United Kingdom and check it out. Accompanying area a pair of friends Harold Lloyd, Jr., and Jon Pertwee.
There are some women involved. A nightclub singer back home played by Diana Decker and Noelle Middleton who is the heiress to a neighboring estate. The usual romantic complications ensue.
This might have been a bigger hit, but Peter Thompson was just too bland in the lead. I daresay this probably got limited distribution on this side of the pond.
Another reviewer said Jon Pertwee had an atrocious American accent. That he did, but I think it was quite deliberate. Pertwee was having some fun with the part spoofing what some Americans sound like to British ears. I enjoyed him and Harold Lloyd, Jr. at the local dance where Pertwee cuts one mean rug in slang of the day.
A Yank In Ermine still an entertaining film after over 60 years.
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- Mar 28, 2019
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- Also known as
- Seine Lordschaft aus Brooklyn
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- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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