Enjoyable old melodrama was shot in France with French talent but done in English. It stars the husband and wife team of Jean Pierre Aumont and Maria Montez. Aumont is fine - I'm not a big fan of him as an actor but he's okay.
The surprise is Montez who is actually good - maybe "competent" is more accurate, but she's certainly more natural and skilled than in her famous Universal movies. She's a vixen who romances sailor Aumont then is responsible for him being knocked out. He goes off to romance Lili Palmer (giving the best performance in the film) then comes back to get revenge on Montez, and go to prison.
There's some decent seaside atmosphere, and interesting use of whistling "Jingle Bells".
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