Between the cat and mouse game between a thief and a detective (John and Lionel Barrymore) and a flirtation the thief has with a woman working undercover with the police (Karen Morley), there's enough here to make this pre-Code film worth seeing. Highlights were the banter between J. Barrymore and Morley when he finds her undressed and in his bed at a party, and later him faking his identify a couple of times, once over the phone and another time dressing up as an old street peddler. I also thought the safe with the electrified handle was pretty funny. This was the first time the Barrymore brothers appeared in a film together, and aside from their characters' games of one-upmanship, the actors seemed to put a little extra into their performances. The story isn't incredibly clever but it's entertaining enough for 84 minutes.
Review of Arsène Lupin
