Desire
“Love was her precious loot!”
Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses American engineer Tom, who is driving on his vacation to Spain, to get the pearls out of France. But getting the pearls back from him proves to be difficult without falling in love.
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Cast
30 people
Marlene Dietrich
Madeleine de Beaupré
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Gary Cooper
Tom Bradley
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John Halliday
Carlos Margoli
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Peter Ibbetson
William Frawley
Mr. Gibson
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Ernest Cossart
Aristide Duvalle
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Akim Tamiroff
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Alan Mowbray
Dr. Maurice Pauquet
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Zeffie Tilbury
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The Grapes of Wrath
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George MacQuarrie
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Robert Emmett O'Connor
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Known for
A Night at the Opera
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George Davis
French Garage Man (uncredited)
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Enrique Acosta
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Frank Borzage Director · Edwin Justus Mayer Screenplay Samuel Hoffenstein Screenplay
United States release April 11, 1936 · Produced in United States · Languages English, Spanish
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
United States · April 11, 1936
Theatrical
France
April 29, 1936 · Theatrical
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