The Guardsman

The Guardsman is a 1931 American pre-Code film based on the play Testőr by Ferenc Molnár.

It stars Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Roland Young and ZaSu Pitts.

The film was adapted by Ernest Vajda (screenplay) and Claudine West (continuity) and was directed by Sidney Franklin.

[3] Nonetheless, the film was not a popular success at the box office, and the two stars returned to working on Broadway.

The husband disguises himself as a guardsman with a thick accent, woos his wife under his false identity, and ends up seducing her.