A sultry chanteuse, a hunk on the lam and a fortune in stolen gems
Nick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the attractive singer/petty crook, Julie Benson?
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- effortlessdemanding
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Cast
- Robert MitchumNick Cochran
- Jane RussellJulie Benson
- William BendixLawrence C. Trumble
- Thomas GomezLt. Sebastian
- Gloria GrahameMargie
- Brad DexterVincent Halloran
- Edward AshleyMartin Stewart
- Philip AhnItzumi
- Vladimir SokoloffKwan Sum Tang
- Abdullah AbbasArabian (uncredited)
Crew
- Josef von SternbergDirector
- Bernard C. SchoenfeldScreenplay
- Stanley RubinScreenplay
- George BrickerWriter
- Edward ChodorovWriter
- Norman KatkovWriter
- Harry J. WildDirector of Photography
- Anthony CollinsOriginal Music Composer
- Samuel E. BeetleyEditor
- Robert GoldenEditor
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