Dorothy Mackaill (Gilda) is a prostitute who gets assigned a client by her madam Cecil Cunningham (Angie). She turns up at the designated apartment and it's someone she knows and dislikes - Ralfe Harolde (Piet). Their paths have crossed when she was working for him and his wife caught them canoodling and what have you. As a result, Mackaill had fallen on hard times and entered into her current profession. Anyway, she doesn't like him. And she wastes him with a great bottle throw to the head. Ouch! I winced at that point. The apartment catches fire and burns down but there is a witness who can describe the female visitor that is Dorothy and the police come after her on a murder chasrge. Luckily, she has a sailor boyfriend Donald Cook (Carl) who helps her relocate to a Caribbean island where there are no extradition laws. However, there are a bunch of criminals all evading American justice and this is her new home as boyfriend Cook sails away on duty. Her aim is to remain true to her man but there is plenty of interest in her, especially from the bad guy jailor and executioner Morgan Wallace (Bruno). It is her relationship with him that motivates her truly crazy behaviour.
It's a good film, well acted with funny moments from her fellow hotel companions. But what on earth is that storyline about! No way! Mackaill's behaviour doesn't ring true so the film has to lose a mark for giving us a dumb-ass script. She's been a prostitute for goodness sake! Also, she has an opportunity to escape the island when sailorman Cook returns. Who wouldn't tell the truth to their loved one. What a load of tosh. Lose another mark for being so stupid.
Hotel manageress Nina Mae McKinney (Leonie) puts in a good performance as does Charles Middleton as a corrupt lawyer living on the island. It would have been nice to see him get romantic with Mackaill but the script didn't take that route. They seemed well suited. Mackaill carries the film well and it has a claustrophobic feel to the island location. Great introduction title card and first sequence with no-nonsense dialogue. This is definitely pre-code.
It's a good film, well acted with funny moments from her fellow hotel companions. But what on earth is that storyline about! No way! Mackaill's behaviour doesn't ring true so the film has to lose a mark for giving us a dumb-ass script. She's been a prostitute for goodness sake! Also, she has an opportunity to escape the island when sailorman Cook returns. Who wouldn't tell the truth to their loved one. What a load of tosh. Lose another mark for being so stupid.
Hotel manageress Nina Mae McKinney (Leonie) puts in a good performance as does Charles Middleton as a corrupt lawyer living on the island. It would have been nice to see him get romantic with Mackaill but the script didn't take that route. They seemed well suited. Mackaill carries the film well and it has a claustrophobic feel to the island location. Great introduction title card and first sequence with no-nonsense dialogue. This is definitely pre-code.