Excess Baggage

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. Cast Claud Allister as Colonel Murgatroyd Frank Pettingell as Major General Booster Sydney Fairbrother as Miss Toop Rene Ray as Angela Murgatroyd Gerald Rawlinson as Clive Worthington Viola Compton as Martha Murgatroyd O. B. Clarence as Lord Grebe Maud Gill as Duchess of Dillwater Finlay Currie as Inspector Toucan References Bibliography Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The British of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.