A tall, sinister looking man, in full evening dress, plots something suspicious over the phone in a nightclub unsurprisingly he is overheard. Despite saying quite clearly "Lenartz shipyard
11 o'clock
" several times, when the eavesdropping lady asks what is happening at the Lenartz shipyard at 11.00pm, he denies any knowledge of the Lenartz shipyard! And so it continues
Connie appears to have been thrown into the film without his usual preparation although he does the only acting in the film. The scene when he explains to Claire that he was too embarrassed to return and that should she still want him he can be found in "
some Polish hotel" is touching despite the lumpy dialogue. But mostly, he stomps around oafishly not taking any of it seriously. Leslie Fenton plays his role sufficiently melodramatically for the ludicrous story but Jill Esmond is quite dreadful as the love interest. Donald Calthrop is excellent but there is not enough of him and everyone else is fair-to-middlin'. Despite all its faults, it is a likable film unintentionally hilarious at times.
Connie's English pronunciation is no where near as clear as in the earlier "Rome Express" (GB Walter Forde 1932) or the later "I Was A Spy" (GB Victor Saville 1933). His thick German accent obscures his English so much that a translation is required at times. He is trying very hard as his face proves whilst straining over the words " captains of industry." He is photographed very badly light hitting the side of his head and casting unflattering shadows across his face. It is as though the lighting had not been adjusted from one film to another. He also has curiously bouffant hair... but he makes a warm and likable Ellissen.
Connie's English pronunciation is no where near as clear as in the earlier "Rome Express" (GB Walter Forde 1932) or the later "I Was A Spy" (GB Victor Saville 1933). His thick German accent obscures his English so much that a translation is required at times. He is trying very hard as his face proves whilst straining over the words " captains of industry." He is photographed very badly light hitting the side of his head and casting unflattering shadows across his face. It is as though the lighting had not been adjusted from one film to another. He also has curiously bouffant hair... but he makes a warm and likable Ellissen.