Film Forum

U.S., 1932
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Starring Herbert Marshall, Kay Francis, Miriam Hopkins
Approx. 83 min. 35mm.

“You are a crook. I want you as a crook. I love you as a crook. I worship you as a crook.” Partners in crime and romance, Herbert Marshall (Gaston) and Miriam Hopkins (Lily) hatch a plan to rob perfume executive Kay Francis (Mariette), sending Gaston in as personal secretary to their employer. The plan is afoot and the joint is cased... until Gaston falls in love with Mariette and is forced to choose in a film that pairs grace and elegance with swindling and social vulgarities.

Presented with support from The Robert Jolin Osborne Endowed Fund for American Classic Cinema of the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s and The Ada Katz Fund for Literature in Film

Reviews

“ONE OF LUBITSCH’S BEST AND MOST RISQUÉ COMEDIES.”
– Film Journal

“This comedy of jewel thieves is itself the prize sparkler of Lubitsch's enterprising career.”
– The Village Voice

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