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Midnight
UNITED STATES · 1939

Midnight

Mitchell Leisen
identity deception social class infiltration romantic comedy high society mistaken identity
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Synopsis

An unemployed American showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian high society.

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