When I read the reviews of "Jewel Robbery", I must be the only one who really did not like it, perhaps I missed something, I do not know, but cannot stand it. As a Powell fan (Although a bigger Loy fan), I would not expect to find anything by Powell on my all-time baddie list. However, there is not a redeeming element to it. Spoiler ahead: Seeing robberies committed by getting people high on pot, was stupid, as was the way Powell's character('The Robber') gets away and agrees to meet Baroness Teri (Kay Francis) later. I admit I am not a fan of Kay Francis, and I basically avoid her films, because the themes of most of them do not appeal to me. But one film she did "Raffles" with Ronald Colman was similar in plot to this film, but was 1,000,000 times better (As was "Arsene Lupin", with the Barrymore Brothers). As most people know Colman and Powell are very similar actors, very sophisticated and classy, and both did some of their best work as Detectives and in lighter roles, and both had a great role as an amnesiac ("Random Harvest" (Colman)) and ("Love Me Again" (Powell)). The difference is I never saw a Colman film that sucked, and this one and "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney" certainly did (And in both times Powell was on the other side of the law). What is frightening about "Jewel Robbery" is not even Loy could have made me like it. Zero stars.
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