Film

Trouble in Paradise

Release year

1932

Synopsis

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.

Directed by

Ernst Lubitsch

Cast

Miriam Hopkins
Kay Francis
Herbert Marshall
Charles Ruggles
Edward Everett Horton
C. Aubrey Smith

Poster artist

Gösta Åberg