The Adventures of Jane
The Adventures of Jane is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Edward G. Whiting. It is the film version of the stage show based on the comic strip Jane originally created by Norman Pett. It was written by Alfred Goulding and Con West. The cast included Chrystabel LeightonPorter, who played Jane, and Michael Hogarth, who played Tom Hawke. It was filmed in Brighton, East Sussex, England.
The next morning at the station, Jane manages to trap her skirt in the carridge door, and rips it off. She is rescued by Captain Cleaver who, unknown to Jane, is the leader of a gang of diamond smugglers who lends her his coat. Before the beauty contest, Tom takes Jane to dinner. There, he tells her that he is on a special job down there and is after a gang of diamond smugglers. He also tells her that her bracelet is only paste. Tom becomes increasingly jealous of Cleaver during the evening, and is angry when Jane agrees to go on a date with Cleaver on his Yacht. The next morning, Cleaver discreetly exchanges the central diamond in the bracelet for one his friends have smuggled into England. So when Jane goes through customs, the diamond is not suspected. Afterwards, he tries to steal the it back, but failing to do so, he and his friends decide that they must kidnap both Jane and the bracelet.They lure Jane and Fritz to a remote cottage. But, unknown to the gang, Jane had already given the bracelet to Ruby, Cleavers longsuffering girlfriend. After putting an SOS in Fritzs collar, Jane smuggles him out and tells him to go back to the inn and to get help. Back at the inn, Tom has discovered one of the spivs searching Janes room for the bracelet, but gets knocked out. When he awakes he finds Fritz and calls the police. Meanwhile, Snade sees Ruby wearing the diamonds. He snatches them and makes his way to Cleavers cottage. Realizing that the police are on their track, Cleaver and his followers clear out of the cottage, taking Jane with them, but they ditch her soon afterwards, pushing her down a steep embankment. Snade who is also being chased by the police, decides to destroy the evidence and throws the bracelet out of the car window. Jane, who is composing herself at the bottom of the embankment, is surprised to see the diamond bracelet fall into her lap literally. Cleaver, Snade and the rest of the gang continue to be chased until they are cornered. ........
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