The Rat

Anton Walbrook is the Rat, the most feared burglar in all of Montmartre. A friend facing the guillotine asks him to take care of his girl, Rene Ray, and he does so, treating her as a child, even as she falls in love with him. When Ruth Chatterton comes slumming to the bar, se sees something exciting in him. When he goes to her home to steal her pearls, he changes his mind and they begin dating.

It's a remake of Ivor Novello's smash hit of the stage and silent screen, and Walbrook is pretty good in the role. Miss Chatterton was at the tail end of her movie career, making a couple of programmers for director Jack Raymond, and she offers her usual fine performance.

Over all, it's an acceptable movie, relying heavily on the reputation of the earlier versions and abig courtroom scene at the end. Mostly, though it's Walbrook and Miss Chatterton who make this worthwhile.