Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Age rating
- U
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.
- jealousy
- robbery
- venice
- italy
- widow
- approach
- based on play or musical
- secretary
- black and white
- extramarital affair
- pre-code
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Edward Everett Horton — Francois
- C. Aubrey Smith — Giron
- Robert Greig — Jacques
- Luis Alberni — Annoyed Opera Fan (uncredited)
- Hooper Atchley — Insurance Agent (uncredited)
- Tyler Brooke — Commercial Singer (uncredited)
- Marion Byron — Maid (uncredited)
- Louise Carter — Woman with Wrong Handbag (uncredited)
- Gino Corrado — Venetian (uncredited)
- George Humbert — Waiter in Venice (uncredited)
- Perry Ivins — Radio Commentator (uncredited)
- Directed
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Written
- Samson Raphaelson
Production
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 314 ratings
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
