Dishonored (1931)
- Starring:
- Marlene Dietrich, Victor McLaglen, (more)
- Director(s):
- Josef von Sternberg
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Contemporary viewers who go into Dishonored expecting a musty, dated espionage melodrama will be in for a surprise. Marlene Dietrich delivers a subtle and witty performance as a Viennese prostitute who offers her services as a spy during WWI. As "Agent X-27" our heroine proves invaluable to her superiors, seducing and betraying enemy officers with the greatest of ease. But when she falls in love with Russian spy Lt. Kranau (Victor McLaglen), she permits him to escape her clutches, and as a consequence is sentenced to be executed. Ever the mistress of her own fate, "X-27" stands proud and tall before the firing squad, even comforting the officer in charge (Barry Norton) who can't bring himself to shoot a woman. The scenes between Dietrich and bemedalled general Warner Oland are in themselves worthy of the admission price; equally as entertaining is the brief sequence in which the jaded heroine disguises herself as a zaftig peasant girl. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Marlene Dietrich - X-27
- Lew Cody - Col. Kovrin
- Warner Oland - Gen. von Hindau
- Davison Clark - Court Officer
- William B. Davidson - Firing Squad Officer
- William Powell - Manager
- Buddy Roosevelt - Russian Officer
- George Irving - Contact at Cafe
- Tom London
- Victor McLaglen - Lieutenant Kranau
- Gustav von Seyffertitz - Secret Service Chief
- Barry Norton - Young Lieutenant
- Wilfred Lucas - Gen. Dymov
- Joseph W. Girard - Russian Officer
- Alexis Davidoff - Officer
- Ruth Mayhew - Victim at Accident
- Ethan Laidlaw - Russian Corporal
- Director(s):
- Josef von Sternberg
- Writer(s):
- Josef von Sternberg, Daniel N. Rubin
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- 1931 - Dishonored - National Board of Review - Best Picture
