Two German expatriates who were to score highly in Hollywood were involved in this production, Peter Lorre as an actor and Billy Wilder as a screenwriter. Both would flee Germany later that year when the Nazis came to power. The yarn centers around a beautiful kleptomaniac who has a yen
for expensive jewelry, but each time she steals, a mysterious man is quick to pay for it. Detective Lorre gets on the case. More a bumbler than a sleuth, he uses the lady's lost glove to trace her. The scent of the perfume on the glove is a very expensive one which Lorre's friend Froehlich
recognizes as belonging to nightclub singer Gregor. Froehlich immediately falls in love with t...
Released:
1933
Rated:
NR
Length:
81 mins