Zeus

Too Much Johnson (1938)

• Director
  • Orson Welles
• Writers
  • William Gillette(play)
  • Orson Welles
• Stars
  • Joseph Cotten
  • Virginia Nicolson
  • Edgar Barrier

  Posing as wealthy Cuban plantation owner Joseph Johnson, Augustus Billings is having an affair with married Clairette Dathis. Augustus is able to get away just before Clairette's husband, Leon Dathis, comes home. But Leon finds out about the affair. With Augustus' photograph in hand, Leon goes on a search for his wife's lover. The ensuing chase leads to one sight gag close call after another. Eventually, the real Joseph Johnson in Cuba gets unwittingly into the act.