Unscrupulous con woman gets involved in murder.Unscrupulous con woman gets involved in murder.Unscrupulous con woman gets involved in murder.
Wally Cassell
- Tony
- (as Walter Cassell)
Carol Kelly
- Julie - Tony's Girl
- (as Karolee Kelly)
Storyline
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- Quotes
Rita Kendrick: [of Dave] He's here, I love him, what are you going to do about it?
Harold King aka Harley Kendrick: There's only thing I can do about it for now: Wait. Wait, till you get tired of your dirty-necked fisherman.
Rita Kendrick: You'll have a long wait!
Harold King aka Harley Kendrick: I think not. You're not the type of girl who passes up a fortune for hamburgers and beans.
- ConnectionsFeatured in It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (1988)
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Convoluted, confusing plot with Baxter as femme fatale
Russell Birdwell is not exactly famous as director and this movie helps explain why. Despite having a solid cast on his hands, including 1950 supporting actress Oscar winner Anne Baxter and such stalwarts as Sterling Hayden and John Hoyt, he fails to free this movie from its B picture cuffs.
Hoyt, the quick-thinking blackmailer who keeps Baxter on a short rein while amassing a fortune, and does not want to let her go to the man she is infatuated with (Hayden), really pulls the movie's strings. Poor Hayden's fate is predetermined by his falling in love at first sight with Baxter, who responds in kind but just a little bit slower - indicating that her love levels do not quite match his.
With rather pedestrian cinematography and no score as backup, the film jolts along from incident to incident, with Baxter revealing a cunning criminal mind. In fact, she buys dynamite to blow up Hoyt and keep his blackmail proceeds... all well and good, except that Hayden is too decent a fellow and throws the explosives into the sea.
But, not to be outdone, and with the obvious intent of faking his demise, Hoyt blows himself up on his boat. By this point, this material had become too combustible for me and I just wanted it all to end. I won't spoil anyone's fun but the resolution spoiled it for me.
Conclusion: do not waste 82 minutes of your life on this dud. 6/10.
Hoyt, the quick-thinking blackmailer who keeps Baxter on a short rein while amassing a fortune, and does not want to let her go to the man she is infatuated with (Hayden), really pulls the movie's strings. Poor Hayden's fate is predetermined by his falling in love at first sight with Baxter, who responds in kind but just a little bit slower - indicating that her love levels do not quite match his.
With rather pedestrian cinematography and no score as backup, the film jolts along from incident to incident, with Baxter revealing a cunning criminal mind. In fact, she buys dynamite to blow up Hoyt and keep his blackmail proceeds... all well and good, except that Hayden is too decent a fellow and throws the explosives into the sea.
But, not to be outdone, and with the obvious intent of faking his demise, Hoyt blows himself up on his boat. By this point, this material had become too combustible for me and I just wanted it all to end. I won't spoil anyone's fun but the resolution spoiled it for me.
Conclusion: do not waste 82 minutes of your life on this dud. 6/10.
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- adrianovasconcelos
- Jan 10, 2024
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Am Strand der Sünde
- Filming locations
- Balboa, Newport Beach, California, USA(Commercial fishing dock where Tony Margoli keeps his boat)
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- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.00 : 1
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