Café Metropole

An American posing as a Russian prince woos a visiting Ohio heiress.

Cast

Loretta Young

as Laura Ridgeway

Tyrone Power

as Alexis

Adolphe Menjou

as Monsieur Victor

Gregory Ratoff

as Paul

Charles Winninger

as Joseph Ridgeway

Helen Westley

as Margaret Ridgeway

Christian Rub

as Maxl Schinner

Ferdinand Gottschalk

as Monsieur Leon Monnet

Georges Renavent

as Captain

Leonid Kinskey

as Artist

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Tyrone Power is at his most alluring in this rather daft tale of an American stuck in Paris where he owes quite a lot of money to a nightclub owner he has bounced a cheque upon. His only way out, is to schmooze wealthy American heiress "Laura" (Loretta Young) - and he only has ten days to achieve an...

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