Slightly Scarlet (1930)

5 | Feb 22, 1930 (US) | Comedy, Crime, Drama | 01:10

blackmail fake identity based on play or musical french riviera jewel thief pre-code

Passing herself off as a countess, glamorous Lucy Stavrin hobnobs with the rich and famous along the French Riviera. Aware that Lucy is a phony, jewel-thief Malatroff blackmails Lucy into helping him steal the valuable necklace owned by the young wife of phlegmatic American businessman Sylvester Corbett.