My Friend the King

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.

Cast

Jerry Verno

Jim

Robert Holmes

Captain Felz

Tracy Holmes

Count Huelin

Eric Pavitt

King Ludwig

Phyllis Loring

Princess Helma

Luli Deste

Countess Zena

H. Saxon-Snell

Karl

Victor Fairley

Josef

Crew

Michael Powell

Director

Joseph Jefferson Farjeon

Screenplay

Joseph Jefferson Farjeon

Story

Jerome Jackson

Producer

Geoffrey Faithfull

Director of Photography

Arthur Seabourne

Editor

W.G. Saunders

Art Direction