Always worth another look in part due to the enjoyable ham of Robert Newton's performance but also the crisp handling from Edward Dymytryk, who I think at heart was an excellent B picture director who lost something when he "graduated" to As.
This starts like the clappers with Newton scheming, getting a gun, confronting wife Sally Grey about an affair. I love the little comments in the Newton club scenes about England being broke - this felt like Aussie writer Alec Coppel having fun.
The action gets bogged down. Sally Grey plays it as trampy but is allowed to live. The American is geeky. The film probably could have used another character to be killed. I loved Nauton Wayne.
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