The Return of Sophie Lang is a 1936 American drama film directed by George Archainbaud and written by Frederick Irving Anderson, Brian Marlow and Patterson McNutt. The film stars Gertrude Michael, Guy Standing, Ray Milland, Elizabeth Patterson, Colin Tapley and Paul Harvey. The film was released on June 18, 1936, by Paramount Pictures.
The Return of Sophie Lang is the second film of the Sophie Lang series, between The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934) and Sophie Lang Goes West (1937).
Plot The notorious jewel thief Sophie Lang wants to leave her life of crime behind and go straight. To do so, she fakes her own death and retires to London. There, she finds work as a companion to a wealthy elderly woman who is also a jewelry collector. One day, her employer decides to take a sea voyage to the United States and takes Sophie with her. She also takes a $200,000 diamond, which she locks in the ship's safe. The diamond is soon stolen. A journalist on board the ship becomes suspicious of Sophie's true identity. Sophie must find the real thief and recover the jewel before the ship docks in New York, as an investigation could reveal her true identity.
Cast Gertrude Michael as Sophie Lang / Ethel Thomas Guy Standing as Max Bernard Ray Milland as Jimmy Dawson Elizabeth Patterson as Araminta Sedley Colin Tapley as Larry Paul Harvey as Insp. Parr Garry Owen as 'Nosey' Schwartz Don Rowan as 'Buttons' McDermott Purnell Pratt as Thomas Chadwick Ellen Drew as Secretary Ted Oliver as Detective #1 James Blaine as Detective #2
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