The ignored wife of an industrialist hatches a plot to make him pay more attention to her.The ignored wife of an industrialist hatches a plot to make him pay more attention to her.The ignored wife of an industrialist hatches a plot to make him pay more attention to her.
William Hartnell
- Joseph
- (as Bill Hartnell)
Wallace Bosco
- Charles Mortimer's Butler
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis film is a remake of the 1932 film, Jewel Robbery (1932) starring William Powell and Kay Francis.
- GoofsLady Margaret writes a note on her napkin and passes it to Teri, but the handwriting on the note that Teri reads is completely different from what Margaret wrote.
- Quotes
Lady Margaret: Don't you realize Charles is only buying you this ring because he loves you?
Teri Mortimer: He's buying it because writing a check is less of a nuisance than making love.
- ConnectionsRemake of Jewel Robbery (1932)
Featured review
pleasant enough
"The Peterville Diamond" from 1942 is a pretty good British film with people not terribly well known on this side of the pond but nevertheless quite good. I would have liked to have seen this with spiffier production values and stars a la MGM. It's the kind of story that needs some gloss.
The plot concerns a bored, wealthy woman who feels ignored by her husband. To spice things up, she has a woman friend call her, and in the presence of her butler, she arranges a tryst at a jewelry store. The butler dutifully tells the husband. While everyone is at the store, it's robbed by one of those gentleman robbers they used to have in the '30s, a Raffles type. He later shows up at a dinner party hosted by the woman and her husband, and now he's a baron. It takes off from there, with confusion over a case containing either jewels or papers which leads to car chases.
I'm sure it's not a long film but due to the thinness of the plot, it felt like it went on too long. Nevertheless, parts of it are fun.
The plot concerns a bored, wealthy woman who feels ignored by her husband. To spice things up, she has a woman friend call her, and in the presence of her butler, she arranges a tryst at a jewelry store. The butler dutifully tells the husband. While everyone is at the store, it's robbed by one of those gentleman robbers they used to have in the '30s, a Raffles type. He later shows up at a dinner party hosted by the woman and her husband, and now he's a baron. It takes off from there, with confusion over a case containing either jewels or papers which leads to car chases.
I'm sure it's not a long film but due to the thinness of the plot, it felt like it went on too long. Nevertheless, parts of it are fun.
helpful•42
- blanche-2
- Mar 21, 2008
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- El diamante de Peterville
- Filming locations
- Warner Brothers First National Studios, Teddington Studios, Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK(Studio, owned by Warner Bros. 1931-43)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content
Top Gap
By what name was The Peterville Diamond (1943) officially released in Canada in English?
Answer