Adventure in Diamonds

Adventure in Diamonds
Directed byGeorge Fitzmaurice
Written byFrank O'Connor
Leonard Lee
Franz Schulz
Produced byA.M. Botsford
William LeBaron
StarringGeorge Brent
Isa Miranda
John Loder
Nigel Bruce
CinematographyCharles Lang
Edited byLeRoy Stone
Music byCharles Bradshaw
Sigmund Krumgold
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • March 8, 1940 (1940-03-08)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Adventure in Diamonds is a 1940 American crime film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring George Brent, Isa Miranda, John Loder and Nigel Bruce.[1] It was also released under the alternative title of Diamonds are Dangerous.

Critics noted similarities in the plot with Desire (1936), produced by the same studio, which had starred Marlene Dietrich. Adventure in Diamonds was part of an attempt to position Miranda as a European star in the style of Dietrich and Greta Garbo.[2] It was the second of two Hollywood films in which Miranda appeared before returning to her native Italy.[3]

  1. ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | ADVENTURE IN DIAMONDS (1940)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 2009-04-16. Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
  2. ^ Gundle p.143
  3. ^ Gundle p.144