The Adventures of Jane - Plot

Plot

On the last night of her act at the Gaiety Theatre, London, Jane meets Snade, her supposed fan. He gives her a diamond bracelet, saying it is a "token of his appreciation." Jane, unsuspecting, gladly accepts his gift. Later that evening, she is visited by Tom, an old friend. She tells him that she is judging a beauty contest at the Tudor Close Hotel in Brighton. He agrees to meet her at the train station. The next morning at the station, Jane manages to trap her skirt in the carridge door, and rips it off. She is rescued by Captain Cleaver (who, unknown to Jane, is the leader of a gang of diamond smugglers) who lends her his coat. Before the beauty contest, Tom takes Jane to dinner. There, he tells her that he is on a 'special job' down there and is after a gang of diamond smugglers. He also tells her that her bracelet is only paste. Tom becomes increasingly jealous of Cleaver during the evening, and is angry when Jane agrees to go on a date with Cleaver on his Yacht. The next morning, Cleaver discreetly exchanges the central diamond in the bracelet for one his friends have smuggled into England. So when Jane goes through customs, the diamond is not suspected. Afterwards, he tries to steal the it back, but failing to do so, he and his friends decide that they must kidnap both Jane and the bracelet. They lure Jane and Fritz to a remote cottage. But, unknown to the gang, Jane had already given the bracelet to Ruby, Cleaver's long-suffering girlfriend. After putting an SOS in Fritz's collar, Jane smuggles him out and tells him to go back to the inn and to get help. Back at the inn, Tom has discovered one of the spivs searching Jane's room for the bracelet, but gets knocked out. When he awakes he finds Fritz and calls the police. Meanwhile, Snade sees Ruby wearing the diamonds. He snatches them and makes his way to Cleaver's cottage. Realizing that the police are on their track, Cleaver and his followers clear out of the cottage, taking Jane with them, but they ditch her soon afterwards, pushing her down a steep embankment. Snade who is also being chased by the police, decides to destroy the evidence and throws the bracelet out of the car window. Jane, who is composing herself at the bottom of the embankment, is surprised to see the diamond bracelet fall into her lap (literally!). Cleaver, Snade and the rest of the gang continue to be chased until they are cornered. Later that day, Jane is reunited with Fritz at the police station while the spivs look glumly on, from behind bars. In the last few seconds of the film, Tom accidentally steps on her skirt, so as usual, Jane makes her exit in a pair of step-in undies!