Arsène Lupin | |
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Directed by | Jack Conway |
Written by |
Lenore Coffee Bayard Veiller (dialogue) Carey Wilson (screenplay) |
Based on |
Arsène Lupin 1908 play by Maurice Leblanc Francis de Croisset |
Produced by |
Louis B. Mayer Irving Thalberg Samuel Goldwyn (uncredited) |
Starring |
John Barrymore Lionel Barrymore |
Cinematography | Oliver T. Marsh |
Edited by | Hugh Wynn |
Music by | Alfred Newman |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $433,000 [1] |
Box office | $1,110,000 [1] |
Arsène Lupin is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Jack Conway and starring John Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore. [2] It was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.The film is based on a popular 1909 play by Maurice Leblanc and Francis de Croisset. [3] Leblanc created the character Arsène Lupin, a charming, brilliant gentleman thief (in his case, actually a noble thief) in 1905. Lupin preys on rich villains.
A famous gentleman thief and his would-be nemesis, Detective Guerchard, are engaged in a battle of wits. The battle culminates in the theft and recovery of the Mona Lisa and Lupin's escape with the beautiful woman—also a thief—sent by the detective to trap him.
The film grossed a total (domestic and foreign) of $1,110,000: $595,000 from the US and Canada and $515,000 elsewhere. It made a profit of $245,000. [1]