Adventure in Diamonds
Cast & Crew
Geo. Fitzmaurice
George Brent
Isa Miranda
John Loder
Nigel Bruce
Elizabeth Patterson
Film Details
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Synopsis
While on board a liner bound for South Africa, Captain Stephen Dennett, a British army flier, meets Felice Falcon, a glamorous jewel thief. Felice, with her confederate Michael Barclay, is plotting to make a getaway with a haul of diamonds that have been cached at a mine by another accomplice and decides to use Stephen as her stooge. She charms Stephen into promising her entry into the forbidden precincts of the diamond mines, but is outwitted by him when he gets away with the jewels himself and turns them over to his friend, police commissioner Colonel J. W. Lansfield. Using the diamonds as bait, the two set a trap for Barclay, whom the police have been chasing for a long time. Their plans go awry, and Felice is caught in the trap instead and is sentenced to prison. When a murderous jewel ring then begins operation, the colonel offers Felice parole in return for her cooperation in trapping the gang, and she agrees to pretend that she and Stephen are a newly married couple who are delivering the jewels to the gang. As they await contact by the ring, Felice falls in love with Stephen and renounces her wicked past. When the gang finally contacts the couple, their cover is blown as the ringleader turns out to be Felice's old accomplice, Barclay. However, the colonel comes to Stephen and Felice's rescue and wins both their freedom as well as Felice's permanent release from prison.
Director
Geo. Fitzmaurice
Cast
George Brent
Isa Miranda
John Loder
Nigel Bruce
Elizabeth Patterson
Matthew Boulton
Rex Evans
Cecil Kellaway
Walter Kingsford
Ernest Truex
Ralph Forbes
Nikolayova
Charles Erwin
E. E. Clive
Vera Lewis
Edward Gargan
David Clyde
Rex Downing
Harry Stubbs
Douglas Gordon
Guy Bellis
Norman Ainsley
Hi Roberts
Gerald Rogers
Major Sam Harris
Anthony Marsh
Roger Gray
Bobbie Hale
Jack M. Lee
Keith Kenneth
Janet Waldo
Carleton Young
William Haade
Louis Mercier
George Calliga
Charles Bennett
David Thursby
John Ward
Jimmy Aubrey
Ambrose Barker
Wilfred Roberts
Susan Paley
Crew
A. M. Botsford
Hans Dreier
L. A. Fleishman
A. E. Freudeman
Edith Head
Sigmund Krumgold
Charles Lang Jr.
William Lebaron
Leonard Lee
Harold Lewis
Frank O'connor
Richard Olson
Franz Schulz
Leroy Stone
George Templeton
Robert Usher
Film Details
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Notes
The working titles were Portrait in Diamonds and Diamonds Are Dangerous. According to information in the Paramount script files at the AMPAS library, Frank O'Connor's original story was called "Tempted." Also included in the files are the story and script, Madame Mystery, by Gilbert W. Gabriel and Franz Schulz, however, it is unclear if any portion of this material was used as a basis for the film. Writer A. Guarini also contributed to several scripts for this project, however, his contribution to the final film has not been determined. Although Harold Lewis and Richard Olson receive screen credit, one contemporary source credits George Dutton with the sound recording. A scene of an ostrich race appears in the film.
