although many billie dive fan be delighted with her work here and i have to pass . a a socially prominent member of the british smart set and her british accent be basically non existent and her line reading sound just like and well and line reading and her emoting seem trance like and ponderous . basil rathbone and usually a fine actor and seem off kilter throughout and also speak with a weird sort of accent in his case something like italian and though we can not be sure . the script manage to keep his precise ethnicity a secret . he be far hamper by the script which give him one of those old movie disease and something to do with nerve and which require surgery . the only real entertainment be provide by the illustrious kay francis sport a lacquered bob with side curl in her role a a depraved countess who shamelessly devour men and include rathbone and and then spit them out . she pull it off with her unique aplomb . she be the only living thing in this dead sea of a film .