My Friend the King

  • April 1932
  • 47mins

  • Comedy
  • Directed by

    Michael Powell,

    Starring

    Jerry Verno,

    Robert Holmes,

    Tracy Holmes,

    Eric Pavitt

    ...

    Taxi driver Jim befriends Ruritanian child King Ludwig while the latter is on a visit to London. A plot is afoot by sinister forces to kidnap Ludwig, and Jim becomes caught up in the drama. After the child is abducted Jim uses all his ingenuity, including cross-dressing as a Countess and becoming involved in a car chase, to rescue him from his captors.