Dishonored (1931)

Set in the war torn Austria of WWI, a prostitute (Marlene Dietrich) is recruited by the head of the Austrian Secret Service (Gustav von Seyfferitz) into spying for them. She's very good at her job until she meets a Russian spy (Victor McLaglen) she's supposed to entrap and finds herself attracted to him. Directed by Josef von Sternberg, the film appears to have been intended as a serious anti war film but today, it works as kitsch (or possibly "camp") and not much else. For example, as she faces a firing squad, Dietrich puts on some lipstick and adjusts her stockings. And what kind of spy drags a pet cat with her on all her assignments and, of course, it's the cat that exposes her. Considering the material, Dietrich is very good here but Victor McLaglen is a total wash out as a romantic leading man. Who could believe a woman would betray her country for McLaglen? Clark Gable yes, Cary Grant yes but Victor McLaglen? With Warner Oland and Barry Norton.