Enter Arsene Lupin (1944) [w/Commentary]

Director: Ford Beebe
Starring: Charles Korvin, Ella Raines, J. Carrol Naish, George Dolenz, Gale Sondergaard, Miles Mander

In this crime programer, Arsene Lupin is an expert jewel thief from France who, while aboard a train, notices that Stacie, a beautiful woman from England, is travelling with a large and valuable emerald. Lupin steals the gem, but he becomes so infatuated with Stacie that he reroutes himself to Great Britain in order to return it to her. However, while in the process of doing so, he discovers that her cousin Bessie is planning to murder Stacie in order to claim her inheritance. Lupin is determined to intervene to save Stacie's life, but doing so puts him at risk of being captured by Ganimard.



Audio commentary by film historian Anthony Slide

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