The Flying Fool is a 1931 British comedy thriller film directed by Walter Summers and starring Henry Kendall, Benita Hume and Wallace Geoffrey.

Vincent Floyd, a seeming lazy figure lounging around London Gentlemen's Clubs is in fact a secret agent hot on the trail of Michael Marlowe whom he suspects of smuggling drugs into Britain from France on a regular basis.

With the help of Marion, a young woman who has been working for Marlowe, Floyd manages to escape the flooding dungeon linked to the River Seine which he has been trapped in.

The film was based on a successful West End play of the same title by Arnold Ridley and Philip Merivale, who then adapted it into a screenplay.

It was made by British International Pictures at Elstree Studios with sets designed by art directors Clarence Elder and John Mead.