The Law and the Lady
A former housemaid teams up with an English gentleman thief and works a confidence game to bilk the wealthy but their plans for a big job in California go awry.
A former housemaid teams up with an English gentleman thief and works a confidence game to bilk the wealthy but their plans for a big job in California go awry.
Greer Garson
Jane Hoskins
Michael Wilding
Nigel Duxbury
Fernando Lamas
Juan Dinas
Marjorie Main
Julia Wortin
Hayden Rorke
Tracy Collans
Margalo Gillmore
Cora Caighn
Ralph Dumke
James Horace Caighn
Rhys Williams
Inspector McGraw
Phyllis Stanley
Lady Sybil Minden
A former housemaid teams up with an English gentleman thief and works a confidence game to bilk the wealthy but their plans for a big job in California go awry.
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