The Amateur Gentleman (1936 film)

The Amateur Gentleman
Directed byThornton Freeland
Written by
Based onThe Amateur Gentleman by Jeffery Farnol
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGünther Krampf
Edited byConrad von Molo
Music by
Production
company
Criterion Films
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • 20 January 1936 (1936-01-20)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Amateur Gentleman is a 1936 British drama film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Elissa Landi, Gordon Harker and Margaret Lockwood, with music by Richard Addinsell. It is based on the 1913 novel The Amateur Gentleman by Jeffery Farnol. In an effort to prove his father's innocence of a charge of stealing, a young man disguises himself as a gentleman and travels to Regency London.

It was made at Elstree Studios with sets designed by Edward Carrick. The story was previously filmed in the silent era in Britain The Amateur Gentleman and in Hollywood as The Amateur Gentleman 1926 with Richard Barthelmess.