While certainly considered a B film in its release by 20th Century Fox, this delightful caper comedy is a treat from start to finish with fun performances by the Carole Lombard like Phyllis Brooks and the dashing Cesar Romero. There are also Jane Darwell, Alan Dinehart and Leon Ames who provide amusing performances along with the other zanies who appear in the film's mostly cruise ship setting. The plot revolves around the attempt to steal a valuable diamond and makes the audience guess as to who are the thieves, who are the special investigators and who are outside observers. It has many surprises along the way and takes great humor with various abuses of the English language, creating some amusing puns and metaphors.
as I said, Phyllis Brooks reminded me a great deal of Carole Lombard with her sparkling personality, sweet on the surface but able to give back as much as she gets. As her uppity and, Jane Darwell gets a lot of the film's best lines, suffering no fools and taking no prisoners, especially in her initial insults at the dashing Cesar Romero.
Among the memorable characters aboard the elite cruise ship are a former gangster and his Moll wife who mangle the English language as they try to enter society. they are a delight as are the variety of other social climbers who appear. What is amazingly fun about this film is that just as you think you know who are the guilty parties, the script turns the page to reveal a surprise out of nowhere. 20th Century Fox allowed this to be filmed on some of their best standing sets so it looks like an A film. It is one of those films that you wonder how it avoided becoming a classic, and while this is certainly not an excellent film, it has so many great elements to it that you will hardly forget it after being lucky enough to see it.
as I said, Phyllis Brooks reminded me a great deal of Carole Lombard with her sparkling personality, sweet on the surface but able to give back as much as she gets. As her uppity and, Jane Darwell gets a lot of the film's best lines, suffering no fools and taking no prisoners, especially in her initial insults at the dashing Cesar Romero.
Among the memorable characters aboard the elite cruise ship are a former gangster and his Moll wife who mangle the English language as they try to enter society. they are a delight as are the variety of other social climbers who appear. What is amazingly fun about this film is that just as you think you know who are the guilty parties, the script turns the page to reveal a surprise out of nowhere. 20th Century Fox allowed this to be filmed on some of their best standing sets so it looks like an A film. It is one of those films that you wonder how it avoided becoming a classic, and while this is certainly not an excellent film, it has so many great elements to it that you will hardly forget it after being lucky enough to see it.