Imperious detective Thurston Hall is the one doing the sweating while grilling suave Warren William over the theft of jewels on a voyage of the damned. The twosome of William and valet Eric Blore once go up against the team of Hall and idiotic Fred Kelsey who this time gets cracks made towards him by his own boss. Ruth Ford is the lovely lady who has been entrusted with the jewels and becomes the target of a ruthless racket.
While entertaining and filled with some amusing lines and situations, this does on occasion lag. It seems to be more of the same with a formula plot padding out its barely over an hour running time. Some interesting touches by future film noir director Edward Dmytryk offer hints of what would come from him down the road. You can't expect much from these programmers but tense action and dry wit, which is what these films have in spades.
While entertaining and filled with some amusing lines and situations, this does on occasion lag. It seems to be more of the same with a formula plot padding out its barely over an hour running time. Some interesting touches by future film noir director Edward Dmytryk offer hints of what would come from him down the road. You can't expect much from these programmers but tense action and dry wit, which is what these films have in spades.