Surprisingly incoherent and boring

How sad is this?

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

I don't know if it was the writers or the acting or both..couldn't't believe the dialogue...and the way it was expressed. This type of movie was better made in the 30's with Marlene Dietrich..Jane Russell is no Marlene Dietrich, that is for sure. Personally, i never could see JR as an actress..no emotion whatsoever. I guess they couldn't't get Rita Hayworth. Its obvious why she made the silver screen, and i think she once admitted it in an interview in her later years..."these two up front". Mitchum was a disappointment like he was embarrassed to be in it. As for the owner of the nightclub...where was Vincent Price? Ugh!!! The only one that seemed to be OK was Bendix.

This is one confusing dull piece of Noir. It's a shame too because it's got Mitchum, Russell, and Bendix, all 3 have had much better moments in a Noir atmosphere. The best part about this? It's short. There is no action, very little gun play, a couple of knife's thrown in the back scenes that instantly kill but barely get stuck in, no blood, no Chinese torture, nothing! I've come to the conclusion that most American classic movies (before 1960) made in the "Orient" suck. The only ones that come to my mind as good are "Mask Of Fu Manchu", "Soldier Of Fortune", "Lost Horizon", and "The Good Earth". I'm sure there are others but mainly if it says it's an Oriental location it's there because the stories very weak and they need an exotic location to take your mind off of the story. I barely remember a scene with Mitchum and Russel getting it on so the steamy angle is a bust, and the story itself is ludicrous. Watch it because your curious as it has Russell and Mitchum, but you will not be impressed at all, bottom line. 5 of 10 and that's being very generous. I will say though in it's defense, that I will use the line on my wife someday that "Diamonds cheapen you".

Cheeky, compact crime-drama in an exotic locale off the southern coast of China. Former Army Lieutenant Robert Mitchum, on the run from the law, winds up in the gambling and jewel-smuggling town of Macao without his wallet--seems pack-up-and-go lounge singer Jane Russell has fleeced him on the boat coming over from Hong Kong! Luckily, Mitchum becomes friendly with 'salesman' William Bendix, who is actually working to bring in the crime boss responsible for the death of an international police officer. Very tight and entertaining piece doesn't waste any time getting started. Some of the sloppy editing in the early stages fails to shape the scenes, but director Josef von Sternberg makes up for this with quick pacing and colorful asides. As for Russell, she's a stitch either working some very sarcastic dialogue or warbling seductive tunes down at the local gambling house. Gloria Grahame, as the boss's girl, wants Jane outta town fast--and it's easy to see why! *** from ****

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