Society Smugglers 1939

HOT!! BAIT FOR SUCKERS IN SABLES!!

5.7 / 10   3 vote(s)
NR
Comedy Drama

The Treasury Department plants a female agent in the office of a luggage company that is suspected of smuggling diamonds.

Release Date 1939-03-01
Runtime 1h 10m
Directors Joe May, John W. Boyle
Producer Ken Goldsmith
Writers Earl Felton, Arthur T. Horman

Having just watched the "Poseidon Adventure" (1972) it thought I ought to stick to the maritime theme and watch this rather enjoyable, if pretty procedural smuggling yarn. Preston Foster has some charm as "Sully" and Irene Harvey some pluck as "Joan", involved in an investigation by the US treasury department into a clever criminal operation that uses some pretty ingenious publicity stunts and willing tourists to distribute their illicit contraband. There's plenty of chemistry between the two in the lead; it moves along at a fairly ripping pace - with the occasional bit of wit and the odd twist to keep it interesting. The ending isn't up to much, and the romance between Foster and Harvey does, on occasion, clutter up the flow of the adventure, but an adventure it is - and at just over an hour is well worth a watch.

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