"He stole her jewels -- but that wasn't all!"
A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jeweller's shop.
Social & External
The people behind it
William Powell
The Robber
Kay Francis
Baroness Teri Hohenfels
Helen Vinson
Marianne Horn
Hardie Albright
Paul
Henry Kolker
Baron Franz Hohenfels
Spencer Charters
Johann Christian Lenz
Lee Kohlmar
Hollander
André Luguet
Count Andre
Clarence Wilson
Prefect of Police
George Davis
Polacheck, the President's Secretary (uncredited)
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