Cary Grant having fun as a boozy coastwatcher. It starts in Northern PNG, so I think Trevor Howard's naval captain is meant to be Australian but he's very British as are his offsiders.
Peter Stone worked on the script, which won an Oscar. Competently directed by Ralph Nelson. I always forget he directed it.
I think Cary Grant wanted an Oscar, so channelled Humphrey Bogart in African Queen. He didn't get there. He's a little gruff, and boozy, but not that much - still tanned, and he gets pretty at the end. I didn't quite buy the romance with Leslie Caron other than they were film stars.
The girl characters could have been differentiated more.
It's entertaining. Location filming in Jamaica but let down by crappy Universal studio scenes. Peter Stone worked on the script.
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