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Devil-May-Care

Devil-May-Care is a 1929 American Pre-Code musical film directed by Sidney Franklin with a Technicolor sequence of the Albertina Rasch Dancers. The film was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on December 27, 1929 and was Ramon Novarro's talkie debut.

Film · TMDB

6.2

A follower of Napoleon escapes the firing squad, flees to a woman's bedroom and winds up butler.

Released: 1929-12-2797 minDir: Sidney FranklinRomance

Cast

Ramon Novarro as Armand de Treville
Dorothy Jordan as Leonie de Beaufort
Marion Harris as Countess Louise
John Miljan as Lucien DeGrignon
William Humphrey as Napoleon Bonaparte
George Davis as Groom

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Ratings · OMDb

IMDb

6.1/10

165 votes

Rated: Passed

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Key dates

Published: 1 January 1929

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: film
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English language
Movement: Pre-Code Hollywood
Director: Sidney Franklin
Screenwriter: Hanns Kräly
Cast member: Ann Dvorak
Composer: Herbert Stothart
Producer: Albert Lewin
Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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The film is based upon the 1851 play La Bataille de dames, ou un duel en amour by Ernest Legouvé and Eugène Scribe. It is known by a variety of other names, including Battle of the Ladies (the film's working title), Der Leutnant des Kaisers (Austria), Der jüngste Leutnant (Germany), Il tenente di Napoleone (Italy), and O lohagos tis aftokratorikis frouras (Greece).