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T W GREAT FILM! The first half was amusing. Rita and Robert played their characters, and recognized one another as the damaged goods they were. Been there, still doing that. The last bit, with the US Navy putting their lives on the line rings true. As a retired Senior NCO (not USN)(NOT telling my Navy and Marine jokes), If you are unwilling to put your life on the line for those who need your help, we don't need you. TRAIN HARD to be good enough to get it done. Our rot is in our flag-grade political officers. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/25/24 Full Review Georgan G Rita & Robert & Jack did their best, but the flow was off & on. The background is beautiful, but the ending is lame. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 09/25/24 Full Review Audience Member From producer Albert R. Broccoli, who'd go on to launch the James Bond franchise five years later with ""Dr. No", comes an enjoyable adventure film about low level smugglers Robert Mitchum and Jack Lemmon in the Caribbean. The two are hired by a wealthy American businessman to take his European lady friend, the lovely Rita Hayworth, to a nearby island while he flies back to Detroit on business. Things get complicated when Lemmon and Hayworth become an item, which ends with Mitchum and Lemmon parting ways. Bob Mitchum finds himself a new partner and the two take a shady smuggling offer that goes badly and the plot thickens from there. The adventure aspects are fun and the CinemaScope tropical setting are terrific, but a rather silly melodramatic love triangle nearly undoes an otherwise solid action/adventure film. FUN FACT: While filming in Trinidad and Tobago, Bob Mitchum was inspired to record his classic lounge album, "Calypso - Is Like So..." Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member If you like old movies and enjoy Robert Mitchum, Jack Lemmon and/or Rita Hayworth...then watch this movie! The first half is a little silly, but it does get better during the 2nd half. Strong performances by all 3 people. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member The beginning of this move is slow and slightly corny, aside from the usual brilliance of Jack Lemmon who can make any role funny, but once it got going I really got invested in the characters and it was an altogether enjoyable film. Not one of my favorites, but worth seeing again. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member year s/b 1957 not 1917 Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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