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An automotive engineer bound for a holiday in Spain meets a sultry jewel thief.An automotive engineer bound for a holiday in Spain meets a sultry jewel thief.An automotive engineer bound for a holiday in Spain meets a sultry jewel thief.
George MacQuarrie
- Clerk With Gun
- (scenes deleted)
Enrique Acosta
- Pedro - the Butler
- (uncredited)
Stanley Andrews
- Customs Inspector
- (uncredited)
Harry Antrim
- Chauffeur
- (uncredited)
Rafael Blanco
- Haywagon Driver
- (uncredited)
Stephen Chase
- Continental Palace Hotel Clerk
- (uncredited)
Blanche Craig
- Tourist Woman
- (uncredited)
George Davis
- French Garage Man
- (uncredited)
Anna De Linsky
- Servant
- (uncredited)
Harry Depp
- Gibson's Clerk
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJohn Gilbert was initially cast as Carlos Margoli. Promised to be his comeback role after a string of flops, he filmed a few Technicolor costume tests with Marlene Dietrich (whom he was dating at the time). He had a heart attack in his dressing room only days before shooting started and was immediately replaced by John Halliday. A few days after his abrupt replacement, Gilbert died of alcohol-induced heart failure. Peggy Stallings' "Flesh and Fantasy" states that Gilbert and Dietrich were living together when she tried to use her influence to have him cast opposite her in the film. She withdrew her support when the actor renewed his friendship with former fiancée Greta Garbo. After this, Dietrich renewed her relationship with Gary Cooper, who got the part. Gilbert's fatal heart attack occurred on the same day Cooper's casting was officially announced by Paramount.
- GoofsWhen Tom catches up to Madeline at the border after she splashes mud over him while he's stopped to take a picture of himself, his car has far less mud on it than in previous shots.
- Quotes
Aristide Duvalle: Cigarette?
Madeleine de Beaupre: No, thank you, I don't smoke.
Aristide Duvalle: Nor do I. A barbaric habit. One fills one's lungs and other people's eyes with smoke.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Marlene (1984)
- SoundtracksAwake in a Dream
Music by Friedrich Hollaender (as Frederick Hollander)
Lyrics by Leo Robin
Played during the opening and end credits
Played on piano and sung by Marlene Dietrich
Played as background music often
Featured review
Excellent comedy
This is one of those films that I had heard of and never thought it would be this good.The second teaming of Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich, six years after "Morocco", is a sheer delight.They have a beautiful chemistry in this movie.She is alluring and mysterious,and he is the naive but charming American everyman.This is perhaps the first time Cooper used this screen persona,which he did so well in later comedies.There are two hilarious supporting performances by Alan Mowbray and Ernest Cossart as Dietrich's easy victims of the jewel theft.This comedy is what I would call sophisticated,elegant and witty. Here we have Cooper and Dietrich at their best and watch them having fun together.
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- Apr 9, 2007
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- Budget
- $1,200,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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