James Cagney and a few of his Warner Bros friends having fun out in the tropics! Perhaps too much fun and crazy antics, for this lacked substance. Feels like something they splashed together at the spur of the moment. Not necessary a bad thing when with Cagney & pals....

"There's an old Native proverb: "Beautiful horses always love mules."

William Keighley finds and stylizes tropical seduction, implementing a strong feeling of humidity amongst the tension of the players. His directing, usually operatic and dense, is rendered chaotic by a scattered script that thrives on romantic temptation and business-minded competition.

While the dueling Cagney and O'Brien resume their continuing confrontational rhythm of power shouting, the brightest flame of this scorcher is Ann Sheridan, a woman whose gambling outlook on life creates a glow around her.

Even Cagney’s bad mustache can’t ruin this. A new favorite.

i, too, want to throw myself on top of Ann Sheridan and make her start moaning.

Even Cagney’s bad mustache can’t ruin this. A new favorite.

Fun Cagney pic benefits from tropical setting and light tone.

"Necking like a couple of high school kids!"
"You just interrupted a post-graduate course.”

Plotwise it’s really nothing, like you never really get invested in the stakes, but I had a ball with all the dialogue - there are some great zingers here that feel more like they belong in a noir than in ... whatever this is (“the stork that dropped you off must’ve been a vulture”). Ann Sheridan gives me like a less-steely Bacall vibe here; she’s so tough but has a great sense of humor. She, Cagney, and O’Brien work so well together. I also really dug the (I’m sure unintended) homoeroticism - so many pet names!!

"There's an old Native proverb: "Beautiful horses always love mules."

William Keighley finds and stylizes tropical seduction, implementing a strong feeling of humidity amongst the tension of the players. His directing, usually operatic and dense, is rendered chaotic by a scattered script that thrives on romantic temptation and business-minded competition.

While the dueling Cagney and O'Brien resume their continuing confrontational rhythm of power shouting, the brightest flame of this scorcher is Ann Sheridan, a woman whose gambling outlook on life creates a glow around her.

Dull drama that even pairing Cagney and O’Brien with the brilliant Ann Sheridan can’t rescue. There are some nice character beats but mostly it’s poor stuff.

I knew this would be trouble when they waited 20 minutes to introduce Cagney. He and Ann Sheridan are great together, and Andy Devine is fun as always, but there's not much meat on this bone.

A banana plantation owner (Pat O'Brien) hires a tough guy (James Cagney) to look after everything but an escaped bandit (George Tobias) causes some trouble as does a woman (Ann Sheridan).

This is a slightly entertaining film that offers some nice performances but in the end there's nothing too special with the screenplay, which at times wonders around. O'Brien steals the show as the tough talking owner and this is one exception where he steals the film from Cagney. Cagney is decent in his role but he doesn't bring too much energy to the film. I'm not a fan of Sheridan but she's actually very good her delivering a tough performance. Tobias is great as the villain and Andy Devine offers nice comic support. The cast makes the film entertaining but I wish the screenplay had tried to do a tad bit more. The movie is pretty light weight, which keeps it from being better.

i, too, want to throw myself on top of Ann Sheridan and make her start moaning.