Originally released as a motion picture in 1948. Story based on a novel by Sherwood King. Wide screen. Special features: new audio commentary by film historian Imogen Sara Smith; new audio commentary by novelist and critic Tim Lucas; audio commentary by filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich; a conversation with Peter Bogdanovich, 2000 interview; three comments by film noir historian Eddie Muller; theatrical trailer. Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane, Ted De Corsia.
Summary:
Adventurer Mike O'Hara rescues beautiful Elsa Bannister from attackers in Central Park. Elsa induces Mike to sign up as a sailor on the yacht belonging to her husband, crippled millionaire criminal lawyer Arthur Bannister. In the West Indies, the cruise party is joined by Bannister's law partner, George Grisby. Disguised as a steward is private detective Sidney Broome, who has been hired by Bannister to spy on Elsa. During the voyage, a love affair grows between Mike and Elsa.
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