The Law and the Lady (1951)
Directed by Edwin H. Knopf
Genres - Comedy |
Release Date - Jul 20, 1951 (USA - Unknown), Jul 20, 1951 (USA) |
Run Time - 104 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
The Law and the Lady is the third film version of the venerable Frederick Lonsdale stage play The Last of Mrs. Cheyney. Greer Garson follows in the footsteps of Norma Shearer and Joan Crawford as a beautiful confidence trickster, working in concert with a suave jewel thief (Michael Wilding). Jane Hoskins (Garson) inveigles herself into the household of San Francisco dowager Warton (Marjorie Main), where she and her accomplice intend to take their feisty hostess for everything she's got. Thanks to censorial intervention, many of the sharper satirical edges of the Lonsdale original have been dulled by sentiment and pathos. Still, any film that offers Greer Garson as a not-so-nice lady is well worth having.
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accusation, aristocracy, con/scam, criminal, false-accusation, maid, marriage, opal, robbery