Friends and Lovers is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film released by RKO Radio Pictures, directed by Victor Schertzinger, and starring Adolphe Menjou, Lili Damita, Laurence Olivier, Erich von Stroheim, and Hugh Herbert.

[3] British Army captain Geoff Roberts (Adolphe Menjou) carries on an affair with Alva (Lili Damita), the beautiful wife of the cruel Victor Sangrito (Erich von Stroheim).

When Roberts falls into Sangrito's trap, he pays the blackmail and leaves for India, hoping to forget Alva, whom he loved but now believes betrayed him.

After some time in India, he is joined by his young friend and bosom companion Lt. Ned Nichols (Laurence Olivier).

Although the two friends nearly come to blows over Alva, they eventually realize that she has been false to them both and that their friendship far outweighs their feelings for a mendacious woman.