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The Woman I Stole (1933)

The Woman I Stole poster
Directed by
Irving Cummings
Genre
action film, adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man in North Africa schemes to steal another man's wife. He uses manipulation and danger to get what he wants.

fast-pacedpulpold-fashionedadventurousromanticexotictensepre-code

What happens

The Woman I Stole is a 1933 American pre-Code adventure film directed by Irving Cummings, starring Jack Holt, Fay Wray and Donald Cook. It is based on the novel Tampico by Joseph Hergesheimer, with the setting shifted from Mexico to North Africa. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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