The Guardsman (1931)
Directed by Sidney Franklin · 82 min · Comedy, Drama
17.7 TOPICAL score · #4,756 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →An acclaimed actor and his equally acclaimed actress wife, who have been married for less than a year, are already showing signs of strain in their marriage. The actor believes his wife is capable of infidelity and sets out to prove this is so. Disguising himself as the kind of man he believes she fancies (a Russian military officer), the actor woos his wife while she believes her husband to be out of town.
The Guardsman (1931, directed by Sidney Franklin) has a TOPICAL score of 17.7 - ranked 4,756 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and historical impact, and lowest on cast. It won 1 award from 3 nominations, including the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films. Audiences: TMDB 5.2/10 (13 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 15 languages.
Why this score
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- AudienceTMDB 5.2/10 (13 ratings)
- Awards1 win, 3 nominations - incl. National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 15 languages
- Still read2,179 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Roland Young (actor #1,596), ZaSu Pitts (actor #1,470)