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20/07/1934 Comedy, Crime, Drama 1h 4m
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Overview

After an extended stay in England, Sophie Lang returns to America. She is beautiful, sophisticated--and a notorious jewel thief. A New York police detective who's been trying to nail her finally comes up with what seems a foolproof scheme--to catch her off guard by having her fall for a handsome and suave jewel thief who happens to be in the U.S. traveling under an assumed name.

  1. Ralph Murphy

    Director

  2. William Cameron Menzies

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Gertrude Michael

    Sophie Lang

  2. Paul Cavanagh

    Max Bernard, a.k.a. Sir Nigel Crane

  3. Alison Skipworth

    Aunt Nellie

  4. Arthur Byron

    Inspector Stone

  5. Leon Errol

    Stubbs

  6. Ben Taggart

    Capt. Thomson

  7. Ferdinand Gottschalk

    Augustus Telfen

  8. Dell Henderson

    House Detective

  9. Jack Mulhall

    Clerk

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-12-30
Gertrude Michael is quite good as this quirky comedy hits the ground running. She's the eponymous jewel thief returning to the United States after a lengthy visit to the UK. Finally, "Insp. Stone" (Arthur Byron) hopes he will have his chance to apprehend his elusive antagonist, so he tries to stitch her up, unwittingly, with fellow thief "Max" (Paul Cavanagh) and hopefully catch them both red handed with a priceless set of pearls. "Lang" is way to savvy to fall for this obvious ruse, smells a rat, and is soon doing most of the policeman's sleuthing for him in order to detect the real criminal ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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