Jewel Robbery
"He stole her jewels -- but that wasn't all!"
A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jeweller's shop.
"He stole her jewels -- but that wasn't all!"
A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jeweller's shop.
William Powell
The Robber
Kay Francis
Baroness Teri Hohenfels
Helen Vinson
Marianne Horn
Hardie Albright
Paul
Henry Kolker
Baron Franz Hohenfels
Spencer Charters
Johann Christian Lenz
Lee Kohlmar
Hollander
André Luguet
Count Andre
Clarence Wilson
Prefect of Police
A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jeweller's shop.
When “The Baroness” (Kay Francis) is caught up in a daring robbery in a Viennese jewellers, she finds herself strangely drawn to the thief. Now like so many of the wealthy aristocracy, she is trapped in a fairly loveless marriage and has had taken many a lover over the years, but this time it’s William Powell who has well and truly got under her skin. Now on the face of it, this is just a predicable precursor to a rom-com, only here everyone is dressed for the opera and glides about as if they were Fred Astaire, but what this also has is a cleverly crafted script and two stars who really do seem to get on with each other as the mischief plays out. It could be called a romance, perhaps, but I have to say that part of the fun here is borne out of their allure, their desire and attraction but it is hard to imagine that either of this borderline disparate pair would ever find, or even want to find, "true love”. What's more, both actors know how to present that delicately to those of us watching and I found it really quite entertaining for just over the hour. It’s not raucous or bawdy, it’s sophisticated but not afraid to poke fun at that sophistication, neither.
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