A criminologist investigates the murder of a Broadway producer on an ocean liner.
Acting
Aileen Pringle's eyebrow acting deserves its own credit.
Costume
1931 cruise wear: where everyone dressed for dinner at 2pm.
Production
Sets wobble, but the ocean liner atmosphere absolutely delivers.
Director
Christy Cabanne
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Christy Cabanne directed over 170 films; this was one of four he cranked out in 1931 alone.
Pre-Code Hollywood allowed Claire's suggestive dialogue and implied affairs that vanished after 1934's Hays Code enforcement.
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