An ocean liner is found at sea with everyone on board dead. An investigation is begun to find out what happened.
Acting
Jack La Rue's menacing stare could sink actual ships.
Production
Depression-era ship sets that creak with authenticity.
Writing
Pre-Code dialogue that absolutely would NOT fly later.

Director
Paul Sloane
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during the brief 'pre-Code' window (1930-1934) when Hollywood could show sex, drugs, and moral ambiguity before censorship crushed everything fun.
This was one of Paramount's 'quota quickies'—cheap films made to fulfill British theater requirements, shot in about two weeks with borrowed sets.