Dishonored (1931)
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100% of critics liked it
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76% of users liked it
(427 ratings)
Contemporary viewers who go into Dishonored expecting a musty, dated espionage melodrama will be in for a surprise. Marlene Dietrich delivers a subtle and witty performance as a Viennese prostitute who offers her services as a spy during WWI. As "Agent X-27" our heroine proves invaluable… More Contemporary viewers who go into Dishonored expecting a musty, dated espionage melodrama will be in for a surprise. Marlene Dietrich delivers a subtle and witty performance as a Viennese prostitute who offers her services as a spy during WWI. As "Agent X-27" our heroine proves invaluable to her superiors, seducing and betraying enemy officers with the greatest of ease. But when she falls in love with Russian spy Lt. Kranau (Victor McLaglen), she permits him to escape her clutches, and as a consequence is sentenced to be executed. Ever the mistress of her own fate, "X-27" stands proud and tall before the firing squad, even comforting the officer in charge (Barry Norton) who can't bring himself to shoot a woman. The scenes between Dietrich and bemedalled general Warner Oland are in themselves worthy of the admission price; equally as entertaining is the brief sequence in which the jaded heroine disguises herself as a zaftig peasant girl. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Josef von Sternberg
- Written By
- Daniel Nathan Rubin, Josef von Sternberg
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1931 Limited
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Entertaining melodrama that promotes glamour over telling a realistic spy tale.
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
One of Sternberg's quirkiest films from his richest period.
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Keith Uhlich, ToxicUniverse.com
To try and describe Dietrich in Dishonored ... is a daunting exercise Marlene's character would no doubt look upon with a withering, contemptuous glance.
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Cast
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Marlene Dietrich
as X-27
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Victor McLaglen
as Lieutenant Kranau
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Gustav von Seyffertitz
as Secret Service Chief
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Warner Oland
as Gen. von Hindau
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Lew Cody
as Col. Kovrin
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Barry Norton
as Young Lieutenant
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Davison Clark
as Court Officer
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Wilfred Lucas
as Gen. Dymov
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William B. Davidson
as Firing Squad Officer
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Joseph W. Girard
as Russian Officer
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George Irving
as Contact at Cafe
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Ethan Laidlaw
as Russian Corporal
- Tom London
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Ruth Mayhew
as Victim at Accident
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William Powell
as Manager
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Buddy Roosevelt
as Russian Officer
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Alexis Davidoff
as Officer
