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The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss is a american film of genre Drama directed by Alfred Zeisler released in USA on 27 february 1937 with Cary Grant
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (1936)
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Add to a movie listThe Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss is a 1936 British romantic comedy film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Cary Grant. It is a remake of the 1920 film The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss.
The film was re-issued in the United States in 1937 under the title The Amazing Adventure (also alternatively Romance and Riches), and was edited down from the original UK running time of 80 minutes, to 62 minutes. Most prints these days are the shorter one.
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Un milliardaire qui s'ennuie parie avec son médecin qu'il sera capable de gagner sa vie pendant un an.Actors
Cary Grant
(Ernest Bliss)
Mary Brian
(Frances Clayton)
Peter Gawthorne
(Sir James Alroyd)
Charles Farrell
(Scales)
Henry Kendall
(Lord Honiton)
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