The Mystery of the Eiffel Tower (1927)

Renowned and prolific French director Julien Duvivier delivers a comedic adventure farce that is both quite funny and technically astounding! A carnival performer who is half of 'The Mironton Brothers' a supposed Siamese twin act, sees a chance to claim an inheritance by pretending to be a missing heir. The scheme makes him fabulously wealthy but also crosses a secretive cabal which has it's own plans for the fortune. Harried by mysterious threats, the imposter flees but then sees an opportunity to use his identical partner from the old carnival act to suffer in his place. Lots of laughs and exciting close calls follow as the unsuspecting double is drawn into a struggle with the secret organization. The climax is a death-defying chase up through the skeleton of the Eiffel Tower.