''Mystery Woman'' is a 1935 American

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directed by Eugene Forde and written by

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. The film stars

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, John Halliday, Rod La Rocque, Mischa Auer and Billy Bevan. The film was released on January 8, 1935,

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Plot

Top-secret documents being transported by French captain Jacques Benoit are stolen in

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, resulting in his arrest and sentencing to Devil's Island. Determined to vindicate him, wife Margaret learns that Jacques had met wealthy Dr. Van Wyke in transit. Suspecting him, she books passage on an ocean liner to

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under an assumed name and schemes to meet Van Wyke during the voyage. Attracting romantic interest from passenger Juan Santanda as well as from Van Wyke, she finds the stolen documents and tries to hide them. Santanda turns out to be a jewel thief. When she explains her true identity and purpose, he uses a blowtorch to open a safe and help her retrieve the documents, then sacrifices his own life when she is trapped, staying behind as he and Van Wyke kill one another. Jacques Benoit is released and presented the Legion of Honor medal.

Cast

as Margaret Benoit *

as Juan Santanda * John Halliday as Dr. Theodore Van Wyke * Rod La Rocque as Jacques Benoit * Mischa Auer as Dmitri * Billy Bevan as Jepson * William Faversham as Cambon *

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as Bergstrom *

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as Stanton * Arno Frey as Schultz

References

External links

* 1935 films Fox Film films American thriller films 1930s thriller films Films directed by Eugene Forde American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-thriller-film-stub