Thursday, January 18, 2018

Golden Earrings (1947), 7 {nm}

On the eve of World War II (1939) English officer Ralph Denistoun is in Nazi Germany on an espionage mission to recover a poison gas formula from Prof. Krosigk. He is helped by Lydia and ... 
1h 35min | Adventure, Romance, War | 27 August 1947
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Stars: Ray Milland, Marlene Dietrich, Murvyn Vye

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039428/
Watched "accidentally" on double-sided disc for The Flame of New Orleans ('41).

Very satisfying cusp-of-war yarn about RM seeking a MacGuffin, encountering Gypsy Lydia (MD), and learning to live and love like a gypsy while pursuing his goal. The story also slightly illuminates how paranoid you must be under a totalitarian regime. MD's performance is excellent as usual. The ending befits the tale.

Paramount, dir. Leisen, 7