Jewel Robbery

1932
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1h 8m

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7.2/10

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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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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
Writers
All cast & crew
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Trivia
Fifth of six films pairing William Powell and Kay Francis released from 1930 to 1932.

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

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8/10

pre-code in a nutshell

This film has to be on the short list of films-that-epitomize-pre-code-Hollywood. Adultery, drugs, crime, flaunting of morals and convention, free-spirit thumbing their nose, all done with humour and glamour. One can understand why the church was upset! Problem was that there were many films that played on these themes so it must have seemed that Hollywood was really out to corrupt the world. This one has the full package but with a wink and smoothness that today's garbage film-makers would never have the patience to pull-off. Too bad the code swung the pendulum way too far in the other direction. A must-see for Francis and Powell fans.