Jewel Robbery

1932
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1h 8m

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William Powell and Kay Francis in Jewel Robbery (1932)

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Comedy Crime Romance

A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jewellers.A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jewellers.A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jewellers.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

2.8K

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See production info at IMDbPro

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William Powell

The Robber

Kay Francis

Baroness Teri

Helen Vinson

Marianne

Hardie Albright

Paul

Alan Mowbray

Detective Fritz

André Luguet

Count Andre
(as Andre Luguet)

Henry Kolker

Baron Franz

Spencer Charters

Lenz

Lee Kohlmar

Hollander

Clarence Wilson

Prefect of Police

Barbara Bletcher

Don Brodie

Robber
(uncredited)

Marie Burton

Maid
(uncredited)

Jack Chefe

Jewelry Salesman
(uncredited)

Charles Coleman

Charles
(uncredited)

Sheila Darcy

Maid
(uncredited)

John Davidson

Robbery Accomplice
(uncredited)

George Davis

Polacheck - the President's Secretary
(uncredited)

Director
- William Dieterle
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9/10

Wow! And you thought old movies were stuffy!

This is one of the raciest films of the 1930's. A married woman is having affairs all over the place, and then is willingly seduced by a gallant jewel thief. The movie just drips with illicit sex - you've got to see this one to believe it. Damn the Production Code for stopping films like this! Wavising Kay Fwancis has never been better!

David-240
Jul 4, 2001
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Trivia
Kay Francis as Baroness Teri says "In the morning, a cocktail. In the afternoon, a man. In the evening, Veronal." Veronal is an old brand name of barbital pills, the first commercial barbiturate. It was prescribed as a sleep aid from 1903 until the 1950s.

Goofs
When the police let go of the rope they are pulling Johann Christian Lenz of the Vienna Protection Agency out of the well with, he doesn't immediately fall but slowly drifts back down into the well.

Quotes
Johann Christian Lenz, Nightwatchman: [smoking a 'funny' cigarette, using two phones, one at each ear] Hello. Hello. Hello. This is Napoleon.

Connections
Referenced in Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008)

Soundtracks
On the Beautiful Blue Danube (An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314)
(1867) (uncredited)
Music by Johann Strauss
Played on the phonograph during the robbery