Basil Rathbone trades Sherlock's pipe for prison stripes in this sultry South American noir.
Diabolical French capitalist Paul Reynard is forced to leave Irene, his bride of one year, when he is arrested for the crimes of forgery and embezzlement and sentenced to a penal colony off the coast of South America.
Acting
Rathbone's silky villainy makes white-collar crime weirdly seductive.
Direction
Brahm's German Expressionist roots peek through Fox's B-movie gloss.
Director
John Brahm
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sigrid Gurie was marketed as 'the Norwegian Garbo' despite being from Brooklyn; Fox invented her entire Nordic backstory.
Shot during Hollywood's brief fascination with Latin American 'exotic' settings as Roosevelt's Good Neighbor Policy took hold.
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