Crime pays handsomely in this smart and stylish double feature based on the adventures of Arsene Lupin, fictions most famous gentleman thief. John and Lionel Barrymore make a marvelous team in their first film together (Leonard Maltin s Classic Movie Guide) in the risque Pre-Code mystery Arsene Lupin (1932), costarring Karen Morley. A wily police detective matches wits with Frances greatest criminal as the notorious thief attempts to make good on his threat to steal the Mona Lisa. Melvyn Douglas is a delight (AIIMov1e. Com) in the witty sequel Arsene Lupin Returns (1938), co-starring Virginia Bruce and Warren William. Having faked his own death, Lupin (Douglas) Claims he's retired and assumes the role of a gentleman farmer. But when a series of robberies suggests that the thief is still alive, an insurance detective (Warren William) attempts to track him down. #convinced of Lupins guilt.