Black Sheep (1935 film)

Black Sheep is a 1935 American drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Edmund Lowe, Claire Trevor, and Tom Brown.

Aboard a luxury liner, gambler John Francis Dugan makes the acquaintance of socialite Jeanette Foster, who has a reputation for using men to get her way.

Jeanette cajoles him into sneaking her into First Class, where they see young Fred Curtis lose $1,200 at poker to two oilmen, Belcher and Schmelling.

When they return to Fred's stateroom, Dugan spots a photo of Fred's deceased mother and is shocked to discover that she was his ex-wife; they were from different social classes, and under her wealthy mother's influence, she left Dugan and took their child.

Dugan distracts her, replaces the pearls with pills, then hides the valuables inside the pocket of Belcher, the oilman.