When her father decides to flee to England, young Sylvia Scarlett must become Sylvester Scarlett and protect her father every step of the way, with the questionable help of plenty others.
Directed by George Cukor
family relationships
scam
disguise
confidence game
woman dressed as man
Trailer
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Letterboxd
3.2 / 5
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Cast
Katharine Hepburn
Sylvia Scarlett
Cary Grant
Jimmy Monkley
Brian Aherne
Michael Fane
Edmund Gwenn
Henry Scarlett
Natalie Paley
Lily
Dennie Moore
Maudie Tilt
Robert Adair
Turnkey
Leonard Mudie
Steward
Frank Moran
Minor Role (uncredited)
Crew
George Cukor
Director
Roy Webb
Original Music Composer
Pandro S. Berman
Producer
Roy Webb
Music Director
Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
Popular Reviews
50 reviews
brunettegsundae
6.0★ · 02/01/26
Plot? I don’t care about the plot if the movie gives me Katharine Hepburn in a suit
Plot? I don’t care about the plot if the movie gives me Katharine Hepburn in a suit
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Amber
7.0★ · 02/17/26
the concept of 1930s forcemasc
gay in every direction!
the concept of 1930s forcemasc
gay in every direction!
Batisoso
6.0★ · 02/09/26
La prochaine fois je fais confiance aux critiques
La prochaine fois je fais confiance aux critiques
Alex Teichman
6.0★ · 12/03/25
First 20-30 minutes of this is so great, then for some reason it loses me a bit. Kinda all over the place. Loved the French scam scene tho.
First 20-30 minutes of this is so great, then for some reason it loses me a bit. Kinda all over the place. Loved the French scam scene tho.
Darcy Kika
7.0★ · 07/20/25
i realise now that it was dumb of me to think that katharine hepburn would have loads of lesbian shit going on in this
i realise now that it was dumb of me to think that katharine hepburn would have loads of lesbian shit going on in this
