Two broke aristocrats walk into a crime spree — Michael Powell's 1935 gem sparkles with champagne and chaos.
Lazybones is an idle baronet. He hasn't a care in the world until his father cuts him off without a penny. He then meets an American heiress & marries her but finds she has been disinherited as well. They find even more trouble in the shape of the American's cousin.
Direction
Powell's kinetic energy before he became 'Powell and Pressburger.'
Production
Glamorous poverty — gorgeous sets for a film about being broke.
Acting
Ian Hunter's bone-idle aristocrat is infuriatingly watchable.
Director
Michael Powell
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