Tallulah Bankhead playing bored, horny, and morally flexible in 66 sweaty minutes? Sign me up.
Story of an unhappy wife of oil rigger who labors in a Central American oil field. The bored Susan falls in love with Walt's good friend Ken but keeps her husband in the dark about her feelings... until he's plunged into darkness for real when he loses his eyesight. Susan finds her attentions then wandering yet another man, Davis, and Ken urges her to return to Walt.
Acting
Bankhead's bored side-eye could power the entire oil rig.
Production
Jungle sets so fake they're practically their own character.
Director
Richard Wallace
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is peak 'pre-Code' Hollywood—made before 1934 when censorship cracked down on adultery, desire, and women having actual agency.
Tallulah Bankhead famously hated her Hollywood period and called most of her films 'terrible,' though she reportedly found this one 'sufficiently lurid' to be fun.
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