The read
It runs a compact 1h 12m.
Synopsis
International con artist Martha Hicks a.k.a. Countess von Claudwig is released from another stay in prison and decides to treat her rheumatism with a stay at her estranged husband's hotel at a Wisconsin spa. There undercover, she checks in on the two daughters she abandoned as infants.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Alexander HallDirector
- Harry Wagstaff GribbleDirector
- Harvey GatesWriter
- Malcolm Stuart BoylanWriter
Cast
- Alison SkipworthCountess von Claudwig / Martha Hicks
- Richard BennettElmer Hicks
- George RaftJack Houston
- John BreedenDavid Butterworth
- Evalyn KnappAlice Hicks
- Gertrude MessingerPatsy Hicks
- Robert McWadeJames Butterworth
- J. Farrell MacDonaldJohn Adams
- Oscar ApfelJ. Harrington Hagney
- Jessie ArnoldFrankie
- Irving BaconGus, the Desk Clerk
- George BarbierWarden George Waddell
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Themes
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