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May 1946 (USA) moreTagline:
A daring, exciting adventure...in the world's most exciting capitol!Plot:
A young female escapee from a reform school joins a pickpocket academy in Paris. She is caught red-handed... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Ginger in another one of her "don't act your age" roles... moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Ginger Rogers | ... | Arlette Lafron |
 | Jean-Pierre Aumont | ... | Pierre de Roche (as Jean Pierre Aumont) |
 | Adolphe Menjou | ... | Ambassador |
| Melville Cooper | ... | Roland Latour |
| Mikhail Rasumny | ... | Yves Cadubert |
| Eduardo Ciannelli | ... | Baron Ferdinand Dvorak |
| Mona Maris | ... | Ambassador's Wife |
| Henry Stephenson | ... | Minister |
| Basil Rathbone | ... | Professor Aristide |
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GINGER ROGERS again is photographed in soft focus so that she can fool the camera lens into having us believe her as an 18 year-old girl who is taught to be a pick-pocket at a crime school run by no less than BASIL RATHBONE. Encouraged to become a petty thief, she is sent off to ply her trade and soon finds herself caught up in a romantic liaison with a wealthy Frenchman JEAN-PIEREE AMOUNT.
In outline, the story sounds like it would have a lot of potential as a charming romantic comedy. And sometimes it almost works. Rathbone does a smoothly professional job as her crime school mentor and ADOLPHE MENJOU adds sophistication to the supporting cast. But Ginger remains unconvincing throughout, sadly miscast in a role that could only have been carried off by an actress who was young enough to assume such a role.
Whatever tricks of photography were needed to photograph Rogers in a soft glow are simply wasted. She's never for a moment convincing as an ingénue and the film should have been scrapped once it was revealed that the casting mistake would ruin the story. Alas, another misfire for Rogers during a period which alternated between good and bad roles in some films that ranged from mediocre to excellent.
Summing up: Hardly worth your time.