When British mining engineer Robert Maury is sent to India on an extended business trip, his wife Elsie finds romance with a Spanish playboy.
Acting
Kay Francis smolders through every close-up like she's hungry for trouble.
Costume
Elsie's wardrobe screams wealth and restlessness before she speaks.
Director
Herbert Brenon
Kay Francis
Elsie Maury
Paul Cavanagh
Robert Maury
Ricardo Cortez
Don Arturo de Borgus
Nance O'Neil
Honora 'Nora' Maury
Doris Lloyd
Paula Vrain
John St. Polis
Serafin, Arturo's Butler
Ruth Weston
Viscountess de Longueval
Adrienne D'Ambricourt
Julie
Alphonse Ethier
Maria's Father
Chris-Pin Martin
Eduardo
Wilfred Noy
Taylor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Kay Francis's first starring role after signing with Paramount, and she immediately proved she could carry a film's entire emotional weight.
Shot in 1931, this squeaked through before the Production Code crackdown of 1934—notice how Elsie faces almost no moral condemnation for her affair.
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