Synopsis: Moll Flanders, raised by gypsies, then sent to an orphanage, marries a fool and then becomes a widow at a young age. She employs herself as maid to a couple of impoverished aristocrats. She meets a thief who thinks she is a lady; he passes off as a ship captain.
Appraisal: Fairly entertaining comedy of customs; it distinguishes itself by precise and elegant editing and camerawork. Much of this film's plot (which comes from a 1722 novel by Daniel Defoe) may be recognized in the inferior Montecarlo (1957).
Rating: 55
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