The Notorious Sophie Lang

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The Notorious Sophie Lang
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Directed by Ralph Murphy
Produced by Bayard Veiller
Starring Gertrude Michael
Paul Cavanagh
Alison Skipworth
Cinematography Alfred Gilks
Edited by James Smith
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • July 20, 1934 (1934-07-20)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Notorious Sophie Lang is a 1934 American crime drama film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Gertrude Michael, Paul Cavanagh and Alison Skipworth. [1] The title character is a beautiful international jewel thief who returns to the United States after five years in Britain, but the American detectives set a trap.

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The Notorious Sophie Lang is the first of three Sophie Lang pictures with Gertrude Michael, each with a different director. The others are The Return of Sophie Lang (1936) and Sophie Lang Goes West (1937).

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References

  1. "The Notorious Sophie Lang". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved May 6, 2024.