A Beautiful Woman

A Beautiful Woman

1930 · 91 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama

Father-and-son lion tamers, Rabbas and Léo share a mistress - Rosita, the " lovely bitch " of the film's title. She is as wild as their lionesses and, in a single night the father is injured and the son attempts suicide. Only when Rosita leaves the circus can things get back to normal.

Directed by Marco de Gastyne

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