Viennese Baroness Teri von Horhenfels (Kay Francis) relieves the boredom of her marriage to her rich but dull older husband (Henry Kolker) with love affairs. One day, she meets both her husband and a current lover, Paul (Hardie Albright), at an exclusive jewel shop, where the Baron is to buy her an extravagant 28-carat (5.6 g) diamond ring. While he and the shop owner retire to haggle over price, her tedium is lifted by the arrival of a suave jewel thief (William Powell) and his gang. In turn, he is entranced by her beauty and uninhibited, even cheeky, personality. He locks her husband and Paul, a young cabinet minister she has already tired of, in the vault, and forces shop owner Hollander (Lee Kohlmar) to smoke a marijuana-laced cigarette that soon makes him forget his troubles. However, she persuades the thief to leave her free, but not before he takes her ring.
MPAA Rating: | NR |
Genre: | Comedy, Crime, Romance |
Country: | United States |
Directed By: | William Dieterle |
Written By: | Erwin S. Gelsey, Bertram Bloch, Ladislas Fodor |
Cast: | Sheila Terry, Norah Gale, Spencer Charters, Blanche Payson, Ruth Donnelly, Henry Kolker, Don Brodie, Marie Burton, Jay Eaton, Barbara Bletcher, Bill Elliott, Leo White, Paula DeCardo, Helen Vinson, André Luguet, Charles Coleman, Blanca Vischer, Robert Greig, Alan Mowbray, Lee Kohlmar, Eddie Kane, Jack Chefe, Lawrence Grant, Clarence Wilson, Alma Ross, Hardie Albright, Jacques Vanaire, Harold Waldridge, John Davidson, Sheila Darcy, William Powell, Joyce Mathews, George Davis, Kay Francis |
In Theaters: | Aug 13, 1932 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 8 minutes |
Production: | Warner Bros. |
Budget: | $291,039 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |