King of Adventure! Queen of Romance!
In 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his country by militants working for rogue leader Oliver Cromwell. Charles ends up in the Netherlands, where he falls for local beauty Katie and spends his days happily in the quiet countryside. Unfortunately, Cromwell's associate Col. Ingram and his men track Charles down, and the would-be monarch must resort to swashbuckling his way to freedom.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Maria Montez Rita Corday Henry Daniell Nigel Bruce Robert Coote Otto Waldis Eldon Gorst Milton Owen Colin Keith-Johnston Ben Wright Colin Kenny Peter Shaw Will Stanton Ramsay Hill Gordon B. Clarke Lumsden Hare Lester Matthews Tom Dillon Willy Trenk-Trebitsch Fred Cavens Alla Dunn Torben Meyer Grayce Hampton Mary Forbes Charles Stevens Richard Abbott George Barrows Mary Bye Leonard Carey Lillian Castle David Cavendish Edith Clinton Harry Cording James Craven Eddie Cregar Jack Curtis Daniel De Jonghe Janna DeLoos Art Foster Sol Gorss Dorothy Hart Keith Hitchcock Sheldon Jett Joseph Kamaryt Charles Knight Perc Launders Michael Mark John Meredith Patrick O'Moore Joe Ploski Bruce Riley Norbert Schiller Reginald Sheffield Lotte Stein Ellinor Vanderveer Erich von Schilling Garry Watson
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