Desire

Desire

Love was her precious loot!

NR 1936 · 95 min · ★ 7.0 · Romance, Crime, Comedy, Drama

Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses American engineer Tom, who is driving on his vacation to Spain, to get the pearls out of France. But getting the pearls back from him proves to be difficult without falling in love.

Directed by Frank Borzage · Written by Edwin Justus Mayer

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