It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

This IS a boring film, particularly in the beginning. I had read all the reviews posted here before watching it. If there IS a guy named Dutch in the film, why does his accent have to sound like a Dutchman? Maybe it was Fritz one reviewer was referring to. Fritz spoke English really good. Now the little Puerto Rican boy, he was something else. He spoke in broken English, but should have been coached to not make perfect Rs and Ts when he spoke, thus sounding more like a kid who couldn't speak English very well. I agree whole-heartedly with the reviewer who pointed out that a man was murdered by softly tapping his head on the floor three times. The film editor must have forgotten to cut out every other frame at that point to make it look like his head was hitting the floor hard. I gave this film a 3 because after reading the other reviews, I was ready for a terribly boring film. I felt the film could have been a lot more so... boring.

One reviewer calls this a 'gobbler of the highest order' and another 'an irritating bore'. Yet, oddly, another refers to the film as a 'classic'! So what is this film--a bore, a gobbler, a classic or something else? There are quite a few clues that "Counterplot" is a very low-budgeted film. A major indicator is the filming location of Puerto Rico. It's a nice place (I've been there a couple times) but it's not the sort of location you'd think of for an action-adventure film. Forrest Tucker was a fine enough actor, he was NOT a leading man. Having a supporting player play the lead is some indication of the money behind the picture. And, aside from Tucker, no one in the film is anyone the average viewer would recognize.As far as the plot goes, Tucker's character is in hiding. He is accused to killing a man, though what actually happened is quite different. A guy cheated him and when Tucker confronts him, the guy tries to take a poke at him and Tucker knocks the snot out of him and leaves. In the meantime, in a TERRIBLY PERFORMED SCENE, someone else kills the guy by softly smashing his head on the floor three times (it was SUPPOSED to be hard but the actor did it with so little conviction and energy it made me laugh). So, it's up to Tucker to prove someone else did it. However, I've got to be honest with you, I really didn't care. The two reviewers who hated this one were correct--the movie was unmercifully dull and put me (literally) to sleep.

Ey Gods, nothing at all redeeming about this turkey. The acting is beyond stilted. The plot is plot less.And who the devil cast the lawyer? This guy was obviously trying to imitate Sidney Greenstreet, with none of Greenstreet's charm, intelligence, and naughtiness. I kept thinking he was cast from the hotel staff at which the actors were staying. Probably the bartender in the hotel bar.I get the feeling that everyone involved simply wanted a bit of vacation time in Puerto Rico.If you love bad films, this one's for you!

Definitely a classic of the B-movie genre. Director was the man who discovered a young Joe Yule...who went on to achieve great fame as Mickey Rooney. This film was shot on location in Puerto Rico. Forrest Tucker, already a busy Hollywood actor, had an opportunity to play a romantic lead in this picture, and took it. Also starring as his love interest, Connie, was the beautiful Allison Hayes, who eventually went on to assume the mantle of B-movie cult royalty playing the eponymous role of the "big girl" in "Attack of the 50-Foot Woman". The part of Manuel, friend to the accused man, is played by talented New York newcomer Jackie Wayne, who was just coming off a 2-year run in the Broadway musical "Damn Yankees".