Prince of Diamonds

Prince of Diamonds

NR 1930 · 67 min · ★ 6.5 · Adventure, Crime, Romance

Eve Marley (Aileen Pringle)is forced to marry a wealthy jeweler that she does not love in order to save the man she loves, Rupert Endon (Ian Keith), from being unjustly arrested as a thief. Rupert, unaware of the reason his sweetheart married his rival, goes to the Far East where he grows rich after discovering a diamond mine. He breaks Eve's husband by underselling him and then returns to England to exact his revenge on the woman he thinks did him wrong.

Directed by Karl Brown · Written by Gene Markey

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