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Jewel Robbery
Film / 1932

Jewel Robbery

Directed by William Dieterle
RomanceComedyCrime

★ 6.5/10Audience rating

Baroness Teri von Horhenfels deals with the tedium of her aristocratic Vienna life with a long line of lovers. Her rich husband, Franz, seems oblivious. As she's just about to end her latest affair, the baroness gets a much-needed dose of adrenaline when she becomes the target of a charismatic thief. After staging a daring robbery, he makes off with not only the baroness's ring but also her heart.

The story

Baroness Teri von Horhenfels deals with the tedium of her aristocratic Vienna life with a long line of lovers. Her rich husband, Franz, seems oblivious. As she's just about to end her latest affair, the baroness gets a much-needed dose of adrenaline when she becomes the target of a charismatic thief. After staging a daring robbery, he makes off with not only the baroness's ring but also her heart.

Cast

William PowellThe Robber Kay FrancisBaroness Teri Hohenfels Helen VinsonMarianne Horn Hardie AlbrightPaul Henry KolkerBaron Franz Hohenfels Spencer ChartersJohann Christian Lenz Lee KohlmarHollander André LuguetCount Andre Clarence WilsonPrefect of Police George DavisPolacheck, the President's Secretary (uncredited) Ivan LinowChauffeur (uncredited) Alan MowbrayDetective Fritz
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Charles ColemanCharles (uncredited) Ruth DonnellyBerta, Teri's Maid (uncredited) Lawrence GrantProfessor Bauman (uncredited) Don BrodieRobber (uncredited) Eddie KaneRobber (uncredited) Leo WhiteAssistant Robber (uncredited) Sheila TerryBlonde Decoy (uncredited) Jay EatonLeopold, Assistant Jewelry Manager (uncredited) Harold MinjirJewelry Clerk (uncredited) Jack ChefeJewelry Salesman (uncredited) Harold WaldridgeJewelry Clerk (uncredited) Jacques VanaireJewelry Manager (uncredited) Blanche PaysonMasseuse (uncredited) Marie BurtonMaid (uncredited) Paula DeCardoMaid (uncredited) Sheila DarcyMaid (uncredited) Alma RossMaid (uncredited) Norah GaleMaid (uncredited) Joyce MathewsMaid (uncredited) Blanca VischerMaid (uncredited) Robert GreigMan Reading 'Wiener Journal' (uncredited) Bill ElliottPoliceman Following Blonde (uncredited) Barbara Bletcher John DavidsonRobbery Accomplice (uncredited)

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