Double Danger

This tongue-in-cheek romantic caper from RKO stars handsome Preston Foster as crime writer Robert Crane who bases his novels on his secret life as a suave jewel thief. Commissioner David Theron (versatile character actor Samuel Hinds) is out to trap the elusive bandit, nicknamed "The Gentleman," by inviting the two most likely suspects for a weekend at his suburban estate. The bait is the famous Konjer diamonds (or are they the fakes?) stashed away in Theron's safe. Crane, who Theron has befriended and helped with story ideas in the past, and the lovely Carolyn Morgan (Whitney Bourne) are the guests. Each arrives with an accomplice and all four are after the booty, out-conning each other throughout the night. Plenty of humor and some nice location shots of the high-class neighborhoods of southern California in 1938.