A spy thriller where flowers are deadlier than bullets. 1927 knew drama.
Acting
Lowell Sherman's eyebrow game is genuinely theatrical.
Costume
Spy disguises that scream 'definitely not a spy.'
Director
Joseph Boyle
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pre-Code films like this pushed boundaries with suggestive dialogue cards that sound tame now but shocked 1927 audiences.
Released just two years before the Great Depression, this represents Hollywood's last gasp of unbridled 1920s excess before economic reality crashed the party.
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