Two on the Tiles

Two on the Tiles

1951 · 73 min · ★ 6.7 · Comedy, Music

A married couple both face temptations while separated for a few days. The husband meets an attractive female fellow traveler in Paris while the wife accidentally spends a night aboard a Royal Navy ship with a male friend after she is stranded following a party. Despite knowing the essential innocence of both husband and wife, their sinister new butler uses information about their discretions to demand blackmail payments.

Directed by John Guillermin · Written by Alec Coppel

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