In which a private detective tries to unravel the past of one specific woman and discovers far more in the way of deceit, subterfuge and violence than he ever expected.
In many ways "I love trouble" is the quintessential private detective movie. All the ingredients are here : the wisecracking yet determined detective who's more shrewd than his enemies give him credit for, the vicious goons and gangsters who try to bribe, intimidate or kill him, the seemingly blameless citizens who've got an array of skeletons in their closet, and so on. And of course there's a variety of stunning "dames", nearly all of whom look as though they've stepped out of the pages of an expensive fashion magazine.
Now "I love trouble" may be overdoing things in its determination to serve up as many gorgeous actresses as possible, since the plot teems both with female characters and with references to female characters. After a while the jungle of women's names, pseudonyms and aliases grows so dense that even attentive viewers may long for a machete. Additionally, the overall legibility of the plot is not helped along by a wild abundance of twists and turns. "Complicated" doesn't cover it.
Happily much is redeemed by a fine lead performance by Franchot Tone, as the private detective. Now here's a man born to play the better class of gumshoe...
In many ways "I love trouble" is the quintessential private detective movie. All the ingredients are here : the wisecracking yet determined detective who's more shrewd than his enemies give him credit for, the vicious goons and gangsters who try to bribe, intimidate or kill him, the seemingly blameless citizens who've got an array of skeletons in their closet, and so on. And of course there's a variety of stunning "dames", nearly all of whom look as though they've stepped out of the pages of an expensive fashion magazine.
Now "I love trouble" may be overdoing things in its determination to serve up as many gorgeous actresses as possible, since the plot teems both with female characters and with references to female characters. After a while the jungle of women's names, pseudonyms and aliases grows so dense that even attentive viewers may long for a machete. Additionally, the overall legibility of the plot is not helped along by a wild abundance of twists and turns. "Complicated" doesn't cover it.
Happily much is redeemed by a fine lead performance by Franchot Tone, as the private detective. Now here's a man born to play the better class of gumshoe...