8/10
What they called a "potboiler" back in the old days.
26 August 2005
Warning: Spoilers
Noah Beery once again plays the heavy, this time a sailing officer who is also a ship wrecker. And he has his eye on the captain's pretty daughter Mary played by blonde Miriam Seegar. His course is complicated by his former girlfriend, the half-caste Concha, played to the hilt by Dorothy Burgess in what may be her ripping-est role ever. The darkly beautiful Miss Burgess is mesmerizing as she determines to hold on to her man or make him pay. George Walsh is rather wooden as the hero. Jimmy Aubrey gives a great impression as the lovable drunk. The characters reflect many degrees of morality. For some, it will be fatal. The great thing about these old films is that they sometimes give us a look at things as they once were. This story rings true enough and much of what you see in characters and scenery is probably much like it was.
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