The Guv'nor (film)

The Guv'nor
Opening credit screen
Directed byMilton Rosmer
Written byGuy Bolton
Maude T. Howell
Based ona story by Paul Lafitte
Produced byMichael Balcon
StarringGeorge Arliss
Gene Gerrard
Viola Keats
CinematographyMutz Greenbaum
Edited byCharles Saunders
Music byArthur Benjamin
Louis Levy
Production
company
Gaumont British
Distributed byGaumont British
Release date
  • 1 October 1935 (1935-10-01) (UK)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Guv'nor is a 1935 British comedy film starring George Arliss, Gene Gerrard and Viola Keats, and directed by Milton Rosmer. Arliss in the title role is a tramp who rides a series of misunderstandings and becomes the president of a bank. It was a remake of the 1934 French film Rothchild. The film was re-released in England in 1944 and 1949. It was released in the US as Mr. Hobo.

It was shot at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Junge.