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A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%, Metacritic 86/100. Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 79% of the 185 1930s romance movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses American engineer Tom, who is driving on his vacation to Spain, to get the pearls out of France. But getting the pearls back from him proves to be difficult without falling in love.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic86/100
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
54 audience votes
Key crew
- Frank BorzageDirector
- Edwin Justus MayerScreenplay
- Waldemar YoungScreenplay
- Samuel HoffensteinScreenplay
- Friedrich HollaenderOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Marlene DietrichMadeleine de Beaupré
- Gary CooperTom Bradley
- John HallidayCarlos Margoli
- William FrawleyMr. Gibson
- Ernest CossartAristide Duvalle
- Akim TamiroffAvilia
- Alan MowbrayDr. Maurice Pauquet
- Zeffie TilburyAunt Olga
- George MacQuarrieClerk With Gun
- Robert Emmett O'ConnorCustoms Official
- George DavisFrench Garage Man (uncredited)
- Enrique AcostaPedro, the Butler (uncredited)
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Themes
spainparis, franceborder crossingfemme fataledonostia-san sebastian, spainamerican abroadjewel thiefpearl necklacecon womanhidden jewelsjewel smugglingcon artists