In Paris, a young woman runs away from a reform school, joins a pickpocket academy, and finds herself falling for the handsome diplomat she's been blackmailed into stealing from.In Paris, a young woman runs away from a reform school, joins a pickpocket academy, and finds herself falling for the handsome diplomat she's been blackmailed into stealing from.In Paris, a young woman runs away from a reform school, joins a pickpocket academy, and finds herself falling for the handsome diplomat she's been blackmailed into stealing from.
Jean-Pierre Aumont
- Pierre de Roche
- (as Jean Pierre Aumont)
Ed Agresti
- Ball Guest
- (uncredited)
Rodney Bell
- Student
- (uncredited)
Lulu Mae Bohrman
- Ball Guest
- (uncredited)
James Carlisle
- Ball Guest
- (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
- Ball Guest
- (uncredited)
Robert Cherry
- Student
- (uncredited)
Jack Deery
- Ball Guest
- (uncredited)
Fred Farrell
- Beggar Outside School
- (uncredited)
Adolph Faylauer
- Ball Guest
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- Trivia"Heartbeat" was the first collaboration of Ginger Rogers and director Sam Wood since RKO's Kitty Foyle (1940), for which Rogers earned her only Academy Award.
- Quotes
Yves Cadubert: When I lie, everybody knows it. Maybe I ought to go into politics where it doesn't matter.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Downriver (2015)
- SoundtracksCan You Guess ?
(The Heartbeat Song)
(uncredited)
Music by Paul Misraki
Lyrics by Ervin Drake
Sung by Ginger Rogers
Featured review
Ginger Rogers playing an 18 year-old?!?!?!
This is a very watchable movie, but it is also amazingly dumb in places and should have been a lot better. A lot of the problem should rest on the shoulders of Ginger Rogers, who for at least the second time in her career is ridiculously portraying a woman half her age! This 35 year-old actress plays an 18 year-old and is about as convincing at that as she would have been playing Hattie McDaniel's role in GONE WITH THE WIND! This same ridiculous idea was the plot for another Rogers film, THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR, where at 32, she played a school girl!!! While a very small number of actresses MIGHT have been able to carry this off, Ms. Rogers appeared at least her chronological age and in both films it just comes off as ridiculous. While not quite as bad as Mae West in MYRA BRECKINRIDGE (who was 77 and STILL making passes at young men), it was still along the same lines as far as actresses who won't admit that they are no longer the young starlets they had once been decades earlier.
The second problem is that the film in many ways has two totally different tones. I loved the first portion of the film where we see Basil Rathbone operating a school for would-be thieves! This segment is very funny and incredibly original--I really wanted to see much more of this. The second portion was a very familiar love story with complications. Sure, it was fun to watch but not nearly as much as the other part--and it was very, very hard to believe that the budding romance could be real. Frankly, the film tries a bit too hard and comes off as forced.
The bottom line is that this is merely a time-passer and nothing more. If you do watch it, though, try not to laugh when Ginger tells the camera how old she is supposed to be--it isn't supposed to be a comedy!
The second problem is that the film in many ways has two totally different tones. I loved the first portion of the film where we see Basil Rathbone operating a school for would-be thieves! This segment is very funny and incredibly original--I really wanted to see much more of this. The second portion was a very familiar love story with complications. Sure, it was fun to watch but not nearly as much as the other part--and it was very, very hard to believe that the budding romance could be real. Frankly, the film tries a bit too hard and comes off as forced.
The bottom line is that this is merely a time-passer and nothing more. If you do watch it, though, try not to laugh when Ginger tells the camera how old she is supposed to be--it isn't supposed to be a comedy!
- planktonrules
- Dec 18, 2006
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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