A strait-laced country vicar is very embarrassed by his father's naughty exploits with a lively actress..

Should you watch The Perfect Gentleman? If you’re the type of person who finds mild social anxiety in old movies charming, sure. If you need explosions or a plot that moves faster than a slow walk through a garden, you’re going to be checking your watch by the twenty-minute mark. It’s really a story about how much one...


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"Should you watch The Perfect Gentleman? If you’re the type of person who finds mild social anxiety in old movies charming, sure. If you need explosions or a plot that moves faster than a slow walk through a garden, you’re going to be checking your watch by the twenty-minute mark. It’s really a story about how much one guy—the dad—can ruin a reputation just by breathing. He’s the kind of character who walks into a room and you just know something is going to break. Or at least someone is going t..."

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Lew Lipton, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Leon Gordon, Cosmo Hamilton, Edward Childs Carpenter, Robert E. Hopkins
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