There's a number of things in this movie that keep the the watcher on their toes entertained all the way through.
A nice conspiracy plot twist between the United States and Nazi's using rackets in the country. You can easily make a very serious movie about this that could be a suspense thriller. That could have been done, but what made this film different was the comedy twist. Sure some of it is a little too goofy for some people, but it made it more fun, and enjoyable. Without the comedy side, this could have been "just another suspense movie during the war" but they tried to make it better than that.
Bogie does his thing as he is known to do, and even though he's not known for funny parts, he plays his comic roles very well in this tale.
I would recommend this to any classic movie fan that wants a conspiracy movie from this decade that is the complete opposite of what you normally find in a WWII related film.
A nice conspiracy plot twist between the United States and Nazi's using rackets in the country. You can easily make a very serious movie about this that could be a suspense thriller. That could have been done, but what made this film different was the comedy twist. Sure some of it is a little too goofy for some people, but it made it more fun, and enjoyable. Without the comedy side, this could have been "just another suspense movie during the war" but they tried to make it better than that.
Bogie does his thing as he is known to do, and even though he's not known for funny parts, he plays his comic roles very well in this tale.
I would recommend this to any classic movie fan that wants a conspiracy movie from this decade that is the complete opposite of what you normally find in a WWII related film.