The picture ended too soon. It was if the ending had been rushed up. I expected that Atkins would come back later to reek revenge.
A perfect film for Jane Russell, not only to show off her body but her dramatic talent as well.
Thrown out of San Francisco for prostitution and probably a lot of other cities as well, it's off to Hawaii for her to meet up with a friend who works in one of these shady, seedy dance halls led by a fabulous Agnes Moorehead. As the head of the brothel, Moorehead is as tough as nails and has Atkins, a solid Michael Pate working for her to keep the girls in line.
Mamie falls for Richard Egan, a fiction writer, she meets on board and the two continue to cavort on the mainland.
As it is Hawaii in 1941, you know what is coming and Egan enters the army with a promise by Mamie that she will wait for him. Her downfall comes due to her over zealous thoughts when it comes to money. She gets into real estate and Moorehead cuts in her in on the place. Telling Egan that she had left the joint comes back to haunt her at film's end.
No wonder this was Joan Leslie's last film. As Egan's girlfriend, she is given little to do. She doesn't even carry on when she is replaced by the Russell character Mamie and quietly bows out, as does the picture. 90 minutes was not enough time for this could have been very good film.
A perfect film for Jane Russell, not only to show off her body but her dramatic talent as well.
Thrown out of San Francisco for prostitution and probably a lot of other cities as well, it's off to Hawaii for her to meet up with a friend who works in one of these shady, seedy dance halls led by a fabulous Agnes Moorehead. As the head of the brothel, Moorehead is as tough as nails and has Atkins, a solid Michael Pate working for her to keep the girls in line.
Mamie falls for Richard Egan, a fiction writer, she meets on board and the two continue to cavort on the mainland.
As it is Hawaii in 1941, you know what is coming and Egan enters the army with a promise by Mamie that she will wait for him. Her downfall comes due to her over zealous thoughts when it comes to money. She gets into real estate and Moorehead cuts in her in on the place. Telling Egan that she had left the joint comes back to haunt her at film's end.
No wonder this was Joan Leslie's last film. As Egan's girlfriend, she is given little to do. She doesn't even carry on when she is replaced by the Russell character Mamie and quietly bows out, as does the picture. 90 minutes was not enough time for this could have been very good film.