Believing himself to be quite ill, Ernest Bliss (Cary Grant) seeks the help of diagnostician, Sir James Alroyd (Peter Gawthorne). Alroyd tells Bliss that he suffers from what we might call "afluenza" today. Basically, Bliss is filthy rich and bored stiff. Alroyd suggests letting his current lifestyle go for a while.
Taking Alroyd up on his "prescription", Bliss sets out to get a regular job. In doing so, he experiences rejection, failure, and poverty for the first time in his life. He also discovers what it means to help others in need without receiving anything for himself.
Bliss goes from salesman to chauffeur, and even gets involved in a scheme by some shady types. A plot to defraud... himself!
THE AMAZING ADVENTURE is a quiet, humorous story full of moral lessons and social insights. Grant is, as usual, brilliant, as is Mary Brian as Bliss' love interest.
Another forgotten film that's due for rediscovery...
Taking Alroyd up on his "prescription", Bliss sets out to get a regular job. In doing so, he experiences rejection, failure, and poverty for the first time in his life. He also discovers what it means to help others in need without receiving anything for himself.
Bliss goes from salesman to chauffeur, and even gets involved in a scheme by some shady types. A plot to defraud... himself!
THE AMAZING ADVENTURE is a quiet, humorous story full of moral lessons and social insights. Grant is, as usual, brilliant, as is Mary Brian as Bliss' love interest.
Another forgotten film that's due for rediscovery...