title: The Notorious Sophie Lang
text: # The Notorious Sophie Lang
  
  The Notorious Sophie Lang is a 1934 American crime drama film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Gertrude Michael, Paul Cavanagh and Alison Skipworth.
  
  The title character is a beautiful international jewel thief. As she returns to the United States after five years in Britain, detectives set a trap. The Notorious Sophie Lang is the first of three Sophie Lang pictures with Gertrude Michael, each with a different director. The others are The Return of Sophie Lang (1936), and Sophie Lang Goes West (1937).
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Gertrude Michael as Sophie Lang
  * Paul Cavanagh as Max Bernard/Sir Nigel Crane
  * Arthur Byron as Inspector Stone
  * Alison Skipworth as Aunt Nellie
  * Leon Errol as Stubbs
  * Ben Taggart as Captain Thompson
  * Ferdinand Gottschalk as Augustus Telfen
  * Dell Henderson as House Detective
  * Jack Mulhall as Jewelry Clerk
  