A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

When the story begins, Alison (Deborah Kerr) learns she has just inherited a ranch in Texas. She and those around her assume she's wealthy. On the cruise ship across the Atlantic to the States, three men all set after her. Terence (Robert Walker) is a crook and plans on bilking Alison. Jeremy (Peter Lawford) is rich and plans on winning her with his charm. And, finally, Matthew (Mark Stevens) is with the DA's office and falls for her...but also wonders if she might be a crook because she's often with Terence and his 'gentlemans gentleman' (James Whitmore)...a crook Matthew recognizes. The film started off well and I enjoyed it through the long ocean voyage. But when the film made it to land, it really sank. The plot just got dumb and the film dragged....so much so that I longed for it all to end.

The film Please Believe Me is based on a simple premise, that people who are from Texas have to be rich and vulgarly so in fact. When Deborah Kerr, a most prim and proper English lass inherits property in Texas everyone assumes she inherited something like South Fork. Especially after the English tabloids get a hold of the story and she goes sailing to the other side of the pond to claim her inheritance.On ship three guys start buzzing around Kerr, playboy Robert Walker, millionaire Peter Lawford, and lawyer Mark Stevens. Walker has a real good reason for wanting to marry her, he's owing big bucks to gangster/gambler J. Carrol Naish so his courtship is tinged with some big desperation.People will recognize the resemblance with this and the earlier RKO Ginger Rogers classic, Tom Dick, And Harry. If you think you know who Rogers winds up with after seeing that one, you'll be wrong. Please Believe Me also bears strong resemblance to another MGM film with Jane Wyman, Three Guys Named Mike.Kerr's career in America was zooming into high gear at this time, she was doing a number of classic films like King Solomon's Mines and Edward My Son. This one is funny, but it seems like it was done as an afterthought, all the men and her happened to be free so let's do this property we've had sitting around for a while.Funny, but Please Believe Me won't be on anyone's top ten.

Alison Kirbe, an English woman who has been corresponding with a man from Texas, is suddenly notified he has died and left her his estate. Little prepares this no-nonsense woman for the adventure she is going to embark as she goes to America where her own future is assured. What she never knows is that three men who want her, for different reasons, are pulling strings to get her money while they are doing their little game behind the scenes. Or for that matter, Alison Kirbe doesn't have a clue as to the real estate value of the property she inherits.This MGM comedy directed by Norman Taurog, offers some mild fun because of the great work by the principals in this production. It served as a change of pace for its female lead, Deborah Kerr, who had done a lot of dramatic work in the English cinema, as she proved she was well suited for this type of light comedy.Deborah Kerr is seen in a luxury ship in this film, a place in which she seems a natural, as she plays another romantic lead in the remake of "An Affair to Remember". Ms. Kerr held her own playing opposite Robert Walker, Peter Lawford, and Mark Stevens. The three men in the story are perfectly cast as each brings his own type of persona to the story. Unfortunately, James Whitmore, J. Carrol Nash, and Spring Byington, who are seen in supporting roles don't have much to do in the film."Please Believe Me" marked the arrival of Deborah Kerr to her long association with Hollywood where she would leave her mark throughout the years she graced timeless classics for our enjoyment.

According to the TCM notes, Ms. Kerr was offered this by MGM as a respite from her usual dramatic roles. And while she's more remembered for her dramas, she turns out to be a natural comedienne. Playing a presumed heiress courted by three con men (and the one who wins her is a surprise--it's not the biggest star of the three), she offers dry, inventive line readings and priceless facial reactions; the lady even can do slapstick. Kerr was at her prettiest and most spirited here, and it's a relief to learn that MGM resisted the temptation to boost the budget and cast June Allyson. As a shipboard romance, it's an assembly-line job and short on real wit, but its leading lady does sparkle.