She Done Him Wrong
She Done Him Wrong is a 1933 American PreCode Paramount Pictures crime comedy film, starring Mae West and Cary Grant. Its plot includes melodramatic and musical elements. The supporting cast features Owen Moore, Gilbert Roland, Noah Beery, Sr., Rochelle Hudson and Louise Beavers.
The story is set in New York City in the 1890s. A bawdy singer, Lady Lou Mae West, works in the Bowery barroom saloon of her boss and benefactor, Gus Jordan Noah Beery, who has given her many diamonds. But Lou is a lady with more men friends than anyone might imagine.What she does not know is that Gus trafficks in prostitution and runs a counterfeiting ring to help finance her expensive diamonds. He also sends young women to San Francisco to be pickpockets. Gus works with two other crooked entertainerassistants, Russian Rita Rafaela Ottiano and Ritas lover, the suave Sergei Stanieff Gilbert Roland. One of Guss rivals and former friend of Lous, named Dan Flynn David Landau, spends most of the movie dropping hints to Lou that Gus is up to no good, promising to look after her once Gus is in jail. Lou leads him on, hinting at times that she will return to him, but eventually he loses patience and implies hell see her jailed if she doesnt submit to him. ........
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