Rendezvous

RendezvousIntrigue, plot twists and romantic jealousy drive this riveting World War I espionage thriller starring William Powell as a decoding expert assigned to office work instead of the combat role he longed to play. But there is no shortage of action as he becomes involved with a socialite (Rosalind Russell) whose uncle, the Assistant Secretary of War (Samuel S. Hinds), sends him into a world of German spies, a Russian mistress (Binnie Barnes) and betrayal

" a bevy of Budapest beauties show up for the birthday celebration of the town's most eligible bachelor

Based on one of Graham Greene's drollest novels

The supporting cast includes Bert Lahr (the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz) and Virginia O'Brien (Till the Clouds Roll By)

When managing editor Dave Joslin (Wayne Morris) writes several articles blasting the police with incompetence after a witness in a fraud trial is killed

Originally filmed in 1929 with Norma Shearer

His Majesty O'Keefe delivers heroics of regal proportions

he was a mainstay of Western B-films and serials

as gripping today as it was eight decades ago

Intent on avoiding a scandal

James Toback (Bugsy) writes and directs

Sir Roland's American grandniece

Obsessed with the desire to give his only son the best of everything