Scandal In Paris (1946) - (Movie Clip) A Little Poorer Than Honest

Scandal In Paris (1946) -- (Movie Clip) I Have A Shrewd Suspicion

Maneuvering himself into being made chief of police, con man George Sanders has assumed the name of a prominent local family and become a houseguest of the aristocrat police minister Houdon (Alan Napier), whose jewels he has stolen and hidden, and whose unsuspecting daughter (Signe Hasso) remains enthralled, in A Scandal In Paris, 1946.

Scandal In Paris (1946) -- (Movie Clip) It Looks Made For You

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Scandal In Paris (1946) -- (Movie Clip) They Call Me Sweet Loretta

Introducing leading WWII pinup Carole Landis in one of her first post-war pictures, fugitives George Sanders and Akim Tamiroff (as the historical figure and central character Vidocq, and sidekick Emile) are persuaded she’s worth a look, in Marseilles ca. 1805, in A Scandal In Paris, 1946, from producer Arnold Pressburger.

Scandal In Paris (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Handsomer Than The Other Saints

Via apparent happenstance, the face of St. George in a fresco (?) at a church in provincial France is that of George Sanders, the star and central character Vidocq, and has bewitched Signe Hasso as Therese, daughter of a local police official (Jo Ann Marlowe her sister), their first encounter following, in A Scandal In Paris, 1946.