Lovers and Thieves

Lovers and Thieves (French: Amants et voleurs) is a 1935 French comedy film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Arletty, Michel Simon and Pierre Blanchar. It is based on the 1910 play Le Costaud des Épinettes by Alfred Athis and Tristan Bernard, which had previously been adapted into a 1923 silent film. It was shot at the Joinville Studios of Pathé-Natan in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean Perrier.

Synopsis
Claude Brezin, a man from a respectable family is now down-and-out in Paris. He is put in touch with Doizeau a man, for reasons of his own, wants someone to kill the music hall performer Irma Lurette. Desperate, Brezin takes on the assignment in exchange for twenty thousand francs. However instead of killing Irma he falls in love with her, and the two conspire together to swindle Doizeau out of his fee.

Cast

 * Arletty as Agathe
 * Michel Simon as 	Doizeau
 * Florelle as 	Irma Lurette
 * Pierre Blanchar as 	Claude Brezin
 * Milly Mathis as 	La femme de chambre
 * Maximilienne as 	Mme Doizeau
 * Jean Wall as 	Gabriel
 * Jean Joffre as Le père Tabac
 * Raymond Aimos as 	Un clochard
 * Abel Jacquin as 	Le baron de Rouget
 * Paul Azaïs as 	Valtier