Starring William Eythe, Stanley Holloway, Hazel Court, George Thorpe, Irene Browne,
Margaret Rutherford
Directed by Peter Creswell, Thornton Freeland

Print: black/white
Runtime: 99 min.
Genre: comedy
Print Quality: B

This romantic comedy is set in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century. It tells the story of
a professional duelist who is hired by politicians to insult and challenge an important
senator. He does this by pretending to have a tiff over a young woman whose father runs
the local newspaper. Having no idea that it his daughter who is the bone-of-contention in the
duel, he dubs the woman 'Madame X. ' In the end, the duelist and the girl fall in love, but now
he must duel with her father, whom he accidentally insulted. To save his honor, and his life,
the hero allows the father to nick him during the contest.