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Trouble in Paradise
Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.
1932 · Directed by Ernst Lubitsch · 83 min · Comedy · Crime · Romance · 12 frames
Tagline
HIS PARADISE BECAME A MERRY HELL!
Crew
- Screenplay: Samson Raphaelson
- Cinematography: Victor Milner
- Music: W. Franke Harling
- Produced by: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast
- Miriam Hopkins as Lily
- Kay Francis as Mariette
- Herbert Marshall as Gaston
- Charles Ruggles as Major
- Edward Everett Horton as Francois
- C. Aubrey Smith as Giron
- Robert Greig as Jacques
- Luis Alberni as Annoyed Opera Fan (uncredited)
- Hooper Atchley as Insurance Agent (uncredited)
- Tyler Brooke as Commercial Singer (uncredited)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Paramount Pictures
- Themes: jealousy, robbery, venice, italy, widow, approach, based on play or musical, secretary, black and white, extramarital affair, pre-code
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