The Lady Is Willing (1934 film)

The Lady Is Willing is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Gilbert Miller and starring Leslie Howard (billed as "Mr. Leslie Howard").

The Lady Is Willing
Directed byGilbert Miller
Screenplay byGuy Bolton
Story byLouis Verneuil
Produced byJoseph Friedman
StarringLeslie Howard
CinematographyJoseph Walker
Edited byOtto Ludwig
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
  • January 1934 (1934-01) (United Kingdom)
  • 11 August 1934 (1934-08-11) (United States)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The film was unsuccessful, though it received some positive feedbacks; Mordaunt Hall wrote for The New York Times:

it is a farce of the Parisian variety which possesses something of the effervescent quality René Clair gives to his pictures. Although the action is stilted here and there, obviously occasionally because of censorial deletions, the film has the compensating virtues of excellent acting, scintillating lines and original, but decidedly mad, escapades.[1]

Plot

Set in France, private detective Albert Latour is employed by three men who aim to take revenge on the man responsible for a failed investment. Realising that the man's wife is wealthy, Latour kidnaps her in order to hold a ransom. The matter gets complicated when he finds himself falling in love with her.[2]

Cast

See also

References
  1. Hall, Mordaunt (11 August 1934). "The Screen; Leslie Howard, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Binnie Barnes and Others in the New Film at the Palace". The New York Times.
  2. Brennan, Sandra. "The Lady Is Willing". AllMovie. Retrieved 14 October 2021.


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