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Trade Winds

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Furious because she feels that Thomas Bruhme II (Sidney Blackmer) caused her sister's suicide, Kay Kerrigan (Joan Bennett) shoots him after a confrontation. Now wanted for murder, she dyes her blonde hair dark and goes on the run, boarding a ship for Asia. She's followed there by Detective Sam Wye (Fredric March), an ace sleuth and notorious womanizer. He finally tracks her down, and the two fall in love. As other detectives close in, will Wye protect her identity or turn her in?

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paul d An odd and frustrating movie. It has a good story behind it, and a clever and more interesting film could have been made from it, but it's a clumsy screenplay. Among other problems, it insists on portraying the two male leads cartoonishly, with Frederic March as the confident and magically successful playboy and especially Ralph Bellamy as a dull-witted straight arrow. Joan Bennett is more straightforward and believable. Despite having to overcome this heavy script, March's considerable acting talents are fully on display. The newsreel /travelogue /world tour must have pleased audiences mightily in 1938 and is a reminder of how much the world has developed since then ! Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Furious because she feels that Thomas Bruhme II (Sidney Blackmer) caused her sister's suicide, Kay Kerrigan (Joan Bennett) shoots him after a confrontation. Now wanted for murder, she dyes her blonde hair dark and goes on the run, boarding a ship for Asia. She's followed there by Detective Sam Wye (Fredric March), an ace sleuth and notorious womanizer. He finally tracks her down, and the two fall in love. As other detectives close in, will Wye protect her identity or turn her in?
Director
Tay Garnett
Producer
Walter Wanger
Distributor
United Artists
Production Co
United Artists
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 28, 1938, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
May 3, 2021
Runtime
1h 30m