Up to the Neck is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter and Francis Lister.
Good comes into a big inheritance and uses it to realise his ambition to be a theatre impresario.
Falling for chorus girl April Dawne, he invests most of his money in an expensive show designed to make her a star.
His monocle and toothy grin win him raves as a comic genius (despite the fact that he was playing the role straight), and the show becomes a hit as a comedy.
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