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'Five Million Look for an Heir' is a 1938 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Heinz Rhmann, Leny Marenbach and Vera von Langen. It was based on a novel by Harald Baumgarten.Rentschler p. 343

Plot



The wealthy American uncle of vacuum cleaner salesman Peter Pett stipulated in his will that Peter may only inherit the five million dollars left to him if he is happily married. Otherwise, the five million should go to Peter's Scottish cousin Patrick.

Commissioned by the executor, Mister Blubberbloom comes to Europe to see if Peter is happy with his wife Hix too. But the insidious Blubberboom brings Peter to New York without his wife and wants to have the beautiful Mabel appears as his wife at the performance there.

But Patrick, who looks confusingly like his cousin, also wants the money. He appears at Hix and travels with her to New York as well. In the Atlantic Hotel, everyone meets without meeting at first. There are confusing scenes, and even as a viewer it is difficult to tell which of the two Petts you are looking at. Eventually, Blubberbloom reveals himself to be a gangster and hides Hix to avoid meeting her husband. But in the end, Hix and Peter finally meet, hug, and this obvious happiness also decides about the millions. But Patrick doesn't go away empty-handed either: he won Mabel's heart.

Cast



* Heinz Rhmann as Peter Pett / Patrick Pett

* Leny Marenbach as Mabel

* Vera von Langen as Hix

* Oskar Sima as Blubberboom

* Heinz Salfner as Gould

* Olga Limburg as Vorstandsmitglied

* Claire Reigbert as Miss Hopkins, Vorstandsmitglied der Vereinigten Frauen- und Sittlichkeitsverbnde

* Albert Florath as Mister Bucklespring

* Valy Arnheim as Mister Harris

* William Huch as Mister Kirkwood

* Anton Pointner as Hotelportier

* Otto Stoeckel as Arzt im Dachgarten

* Hermann Pfeiffer as Onkel Jim - NBC Radio-Reporter

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