Acting
Ginger Rogers' comic timing is surgical precision.
Costume
1940s Parisian wardrobe that still slaps.
Director
Sam Wood
Ginger Rogers
Arlette Lafron
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Pierre de Roche
Adolphe Menjou
Ambassador
Melville Cooper
Roland Latour
Mikhail Rasumny
Yves Cadubert
Eduardo Ciannelli
Ferdinand Dvorak
Mona Maris
Ambassador's Wife
Henry Stephenson
Minister
Basil Rathbone
Professor Aristide
Jack Chefe
Ball Guest (uncredited)
Adolph Faylauer
Ball Guest (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Ball Guest (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of Rogers' rare post-RKO projects where she wasn't dancing with Fred Astaire.
The 'pickpocket academy' premise reflects postwar fascination with European sophistication and moral ambiguity.
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