First, you have Nicholas Lawrence, who has embezzled one million dollars from his company. He’s going on a plane to Shang Hai with a stopover in Hawaii.
Then you have Cynthia Strong, who is going to Hawaii after her husband’s funeral. When she boards the plane, she finds that Alan Marker has followed her and he said that he knows that she has murdered her husband. Marker has a proposition for her. He wants half the insurance money and Cynthia Strong.
Cynthia Strong is sitting across from Nicholas Lawrence and when Marker excuses himself, Cynthia begs Nicholas to help her by pretending to be her friend so he can disctract Marker’s advances.
From there, the three of them are in Hawaii and somehow, Marker is suspicious of Nicholas. When Nicholas goes out with Cynthia, Marker goes into his room and finds his money and steals it.
After that, much of the plot is based on Lawrence trying to get the money back. He can’t call the police since he stole the money. So Marker seems to have the upperhand.
The movie isn’t much of a noir thriller. It seems strange that Marker changes his mind about Cynthia since he wanted her and her money when he tracked her down. All that changed when he got Lawrence’s money.
Other than that, you get to see people surfing on low waves and people kayaking as well. Old cars, old airplanes, where everyone can travel freely without being searched at anytime. Then there is the cast of characters constantly smoking just like the old movies.
The ending seems to fail miserably and becomes corny, making much of the movie unbeliveable. It’s the same pattern for a lot of movies in the 1940’s and 50’s. That’s probably the reason I would give this movie two stars.
Rick Holman
Then you have Cynthia Strong, who is going to Hawaii after her husband’s funeral. When she boards the plane, she finds that Alan Marker has followed her and he said that he knows that she has murdered her husband. Marker has a proposition for her. He wants half the insurance money and Cynthia Strong.
Cynthia Strong is sitting across from Nicholas Lawrence and when Marker excuses himself, Cynthia begs Nicholas to help her by pretending to be her friend so he can disctract Marker’s advances.
From there, the three of them are in Hawaii and somehow, Marker is suspicious of Nicholas. When Nicholas goes out with Cynthia, Marker goes into his room and finds his money and steals it.
After that, much of the plot is based on Lawrence trying to get the money back. He can’t call the police since he stole the money. So Marker seems to have the upperhand.
The movie isn’t much of a noir thriller. It seems strange that Marker changes his mind about Cynthia since he wanted her and her money when he tracked her down. All that changed when he got Lawrence’s money.
Other than that, you get to see people surfing on low waves and people kayaking as well. Old cars, old airplanes, where everyone can travel freely without being searched at anytime. Then there is the cast of characters constantly smoking just like the old movies.
The ending seems to fail miserably and becomes corny, making much of the movie unbeliveable. It’s the same pattern for a lot of movies in the 1940’s and 50’s. That’s probably the reason I would give this movie two stars.
Rick Holman