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Heartbeat

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In Paris, a troubled but charming young runaway, Arlette Lafron (Ginger Rogers), trains as a pickpocket under the tutelage of Professor Aristide (Basil Rathbone), who runs an academy for street thieves. On her first assignment, Arlette is caught attempting to lift a tie pin from an ambassador (Adolphe Menjou), who blackmails her into stealing an expensive watch from a handsome diplomat, Pierre de Roche (Jean-Pierre Aumont). However, complications arise when she begins to fall for her target.

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Aurelio Pego Cine-Mundial 09/09/2019
A delicious and ingenious comedy. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Josephine O'Neill Daily Telegraph (Australia) 04/04/2019
Heartbeat is more beguiling than it deserves. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 08/15/2014
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An unfunny remake of the 1939 French film Battement de Couer. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Steve D 06/02/2023 Really different for Ginger and quite fun. See more 02/27/2021 Ginger Rogers plays the young Arlette with charm in a scheme-filled Hays-Era romance comedy. Basil Rathbone has a fun turn as a professor of pick-pocketing, with Jean-Pierre Aumont starring as Arlette's love-interest, Pierre de Roche. See more 11/19/2019 A very excellent, comical performance by Ginger Rogers in this movie. I particularly like the plot in this movie; its like an unusual, unique comedy version of the classic story portrayed in so many movies of a character gradually descending deeper into crime. See more 06/29/2014 The movie has some life when the character of Professor Aristide is around (mostly at the beginning, but then quickly fades. Even Ginger Rogers isn't enough to keep this movie interesting, and is even miscast in her role. See more 01/02/2013 the story was rather unique thou its too fairy tale still. but overall it's always lovely to see ginger rogers on screen isnt it? :) See more 11/29/2010 Darling..A very cute old movie. See more Read all reviews
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Sam Wood

Director

Ginger Rogers

Arlette Lafron

Jean-Pierre Aumont

Pierre de Roche

Adolphe Menjou

Ambassador

Basil Rathbone

Professor Aristide

Melville Cooper

Roland Latour
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Synopsis In Paris, a troubled but charming young runaway, Arlette Lafron (Ginger Rogers), trains as a pickpocket under the tutelage of Professor Aristide (Basil Rathbone), who runs an academy for street thieves. On her first assignment, Arlette is caught attempting to lift a tie pin from an ambassador (Adolphe Menjou), who blackmails her into stealing an expensive watch from a handsome diplomat, Pierre de Roche (Jean-Pierre Aumont). However, complications arise when she begins to fall for her target.
Director
Sam Wood
Producer
Raymond Hakim, Robert Hakim
Screenwriter
Hans Wilhelm, Max Kolpé, Michel Duran
Production Co
New World Productions Inc., Robert & Raymond Hakim Company
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 10, 1946, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 11, 2016
Runtime
1h 42m
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