The mystery passenger on Craddock's ship is his country's queen.When he loses money she's entrusted to him at roulette, he threatens to bomb Monte Carlo unless his loss is restored.
If you have seventy-five minutes to spare and love old, scratchy black-and-white movies where people burst into song for no logical reason, then yes, Le capitaine Craddock is absolutely worth your time. But if you get annoyed by early sound-era crackle or plots that make zero sense, you should probably skip this one co...
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"If you have seventy-five minutes to spare and love old, scratchy black-and-white movies where people burst into song for no logical reason, then yes, Le capitaine Craddock is absolutely worth your time. But if you get annoyed by early sound-era crackle or plots that make zero sense, you should probably skip this one completely. 🤷♂️ It is basically a French musical comedy from 1931, which is actually a remake of a German film called Bomben auf Monte Carlo. It has this wonderfully loose, chaoti..."
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