An American ambassador arrives in a small country that is being convulsed by political intrigue and civil unrest. He befriends the young boy who is to be the country's king, to ensure that the boy is prepared to take on the role and also to see that he lives long enough to assume the crown.

Will Rogers
as Bill Harper

Marguerite Churchill
as Queen Vanya

Greta Nissen
as Countess Ilka

Tad Alexander
as King Paul

Ray Milland
as King Lothar

Gustav von Seyffertitz
as Prince de Polikoff

Arnold Korff
as The General

Ferdinand Munier
as Senator Pillsbury

Edwin Maxwell
as Monte

Frank Atkinson
as American Embassy Valet
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When newly appointed ambassador “Bill” (Will Rogers) arrives in the war-torn European kingdom of Sylvania, he immediately gets as a clue as to what he is in for when he meets his predecessor - the nervous wreck that is “Littleton” (Tom Ricketts). With shelling and gunfire all around he promptly goes...