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Excess Baggage (1933)

Excess Baggage poster
Directed by
Redd Davis
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British army colonel accidentally thinks he has killed his commanding officer while hunting for a ghost. He then tries to cover up the apparent accident.

lightheartedzanyfast-pacedslapstickwhimsicalmildly absurdforgettable

What happens

Excess Baggage is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Redd Davis and starring Claud Allister, Frank Pettingell, Sydney Fairbrother, Rene Ray, Gerald Rawlinson and Viola Compton. Its plot concerns a British army Colonel mistakenly who thinks he has killed his superior officer while hunting down a ghost. It was made at Twickenham Studios in west London as a quota quickie for distribution as a second feature by RKO Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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