"Four Star Playhouse" The Officer and the Lady (TV Episode 1952) Poster

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(1952)

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6/10
Modestly entertaining.
planktonrules18 February 2016
When "The Officer and the Lady" begins, a cheap pickpocket (Allen Jenkins) tries to rob Andre (Charles Boyer). But upon recognizing him as an old friend, 'Fingers' returns his wallet and they talk about old times...and it turns out Andre has been a bit of a rogue himself. The two go off on some adventures and Andre seems to have little desire to steal...much to Fingers' chagrin. What also confuses Fingers is when Andre romances Sidonie--and Andre is upset when Fingers steals her purse. But, when they look in the purse later, Andre finds a sad letter...and for some very inexplicable reason, he decides to help the little boy in the letter! How? And how does some officer have to do with this? See the film.

This is a very hard to believe but still enjoyable installment of the "Four Star Playhouse" TV show. And, if you want to see more of these for free, go to archive.org and download them to your heart's content.
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5/10
Sticky fingers, good heart.
mark.waltz4 February 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Professional pickpocket Charles Boyer rejoins forces with Allen Jenkins, but returns stolen wallets and shares the reward. When they see the beautiful Andrea King outside a shop overloaded with packages, she becomes a sitting duck for Jenkins' smooth fingers which do their work while Boyer escorts King around a local zoo. She visits a series of animals familiar to her, always using the term "we". It is at this point Jenkins strikes and she furiously storms off, having seen him with Boyer earlier, and Boyer decides to cash in a pawn ticket which gives him access to a letter that reveals a few secrets about King and the other part of "we".

Boyer is quite suave and reveals a big heart here, obviously a bit shady in his past and the company he keeps, but the plot really needed to be more developed in a film's length, not just under half an hour. In spite of these shortcomings, this is a tearjerker of a story, with the preposterous story still moving in spite of the implausibilities. Jenkins as usual gets a few snickers thanks to his vivacious if unethical characteristics, and King is quite lovely. Well worth seeking out. The cynical need not bother.
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Boyer makes it look easy
lor_1 March 2024
Charles Boyer exudes his trademark charm in this trifle, a heartwarming and quirky little story set in Paris about too-good-to-ge-true pickpockets.

Allen Jenkins is perfectly cast as his off and on sidekick in crime, but it's hard to imagine another actor other than Chuck in the lead role. His efforts to sweep a high-fashion Parisian model Sidonie (nicely played by familiar movie star Andrea King) are terrific, matched by his sentimental selflessness in making the day for her little boy.

It's a smoothly directed, extremely pleasant little drama, exhibiting the wholesomeness of an era when TV escapism served the audience well.
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4/10
The Officer and the Lady
Prismark1013 August 2022
A suave thief Andre (Charles Boyer) and a pickpocket called Fingers (Allen Jenkins) look to get rich quick in Paris.

Andre becomes sentimental after he reads a letter from a handbag stolen by Fingers.

Andre was intrigued by Sidonie an attractive woman who he spent time at the zoo before Fingers pilfered the handbag.

So he dons an officer's costume and heads off to see Sidonie's ill child.

Silly and cloying. No wonder it suddenly ended as the story had nowhere to go.
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