L'aventure commence à Bombay (1941)
Bombay, dans un hôtel de luxe. Gerald Meldrick, un habile cambrioleur, subtilise à la belle Anya von Duren le fabuleux diamant de la duchesse de Beltravers, dont elle venait justement de s'emparer. Les deux malandrins ont tôt fait de se juger et de s'apprécier. De concurrents, ils pourraient devenir complices, voire amants. Leur pouvoir de séduction réciproque les y pousse. La police interrompt vite le ballet des sentiments, en se jetant sans ménagement à leurs trousses. C'est décidé, le tandem décide de s'associer et embarque sur un cargo. Chang, le capitaine, les démasque facilement et menace de les livrer à la police. Ils s'échappent à nouveau..
Directeur:
Clarence Brown
écrivains:
Edwin Justus Mayer, Anita Loos, Leon Gordon.
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Clark Gable as Gerald Meldrick |
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Rosalind Russell as Anya Von Duren |
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Peter Lorre as Captain Chang |
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Reginald Owen as General Allen |
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Jessie Ralph as Duchess of Beltravers |
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Matthew Boulton as Inspector Cressney |
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Eduardo Ciannelli as Giovanni Riccio, the Hotel Manager |
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Luis Alberni as Maitre d'hotel |
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Rosina Galli as Carmencita |
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Jay Novello as Bolo |
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Victor Sen Yung as Gin Ling (uncredited) |
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William Edmunds as Hotel Barber (uncredited) |
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Charles Trowbridge as Doctor (uncredited) |
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William A. Boardway as Officer (uncredited) |
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Stephen Chase as Officer (uncredited) |
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Tristram Coffin as Captain in Car (uncredited) |
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Tommy Conlon as Young Lieutenant (uncredited) |
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Harry Cording as Corporal at Base (uncredited) |
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James Craven as Captain in Car (uncredited) |
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Victor De Linsky as Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
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Leyland Hodgson as Car Driver (uncredited) |
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Cyril McLaglen as Sergeant Major (uncredited) |
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Pat O'Hara as Private (uncredited) |
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Fred Rapport as Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
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Cosmo Sardo as Barber (uncredited) |
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Robert R. Stephenson as Sentry (uncredited) |
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Harry Worth as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) |
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Teru Shimada as Japanese Colonel (uncredited) |
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Miles Mander as Doctor (uncredited) |
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James T. Mack as Missionary (uncredited) |
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Cornelius Keefe as Officer (uncredited) |
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Philip Ahn as Japanese officer (uncredited) |
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Harry Allen as |
| Directing | Clarence Brown | Director |
| Writing | Edwin Justus Mayer | Screenplay |
| Writing | John H. Kafka | Story |
| Writing | Anita Loos | Screenplay |
| Writing | Leon Gordon | Screenplay |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Editing | Blanche Sewell | Editor |
| Camera | William H. Daniels | Director of Photography |