Far-fetched and overly complicated plot gets in the way of stars Spencer Tracy and Myrna Loy as a cop posing as a thug and a would-be jewel thief on the lam.
Loy is part of a jewel thief gang but she wants to go straight. She's on her last job and doesn't know the jewels have been planted on her. Tracy is a cop posing as a thug who's helping her escape a rival gang that wants the jewels. Of course they fall for each other in the trains, planes & automobiles race across the country.
Not only is a rival gang after the jewels, but so are a gang of cops. Bad casting here as all these middle-aged actors look alike and no one stands out, so you can't keep them straight.
Film only comes to life when the stars get stuck in a storm and seek shelter in a remote farmhouse where a woman is about to give birth. The frantic father (a marvelous John Qualen) can't reach the doctor because the lines are down. Loy and Tracy pitch in and help in the emergency.
Then the film goes back to its ludicrous plot and plays out as expected. Loy and Tracy don't spark any chemistry and plot holes aplenty don't help. William Powell was lucky to have missed out on this clunker.
Loy is part of a jewel thief gang but she wants to go straight. She's on her last job and doesn't know the jewels have been planted on her. Tracy is a cop posing as a thug who's helping her escape a rival gang that wants the jewels. Of course they fall for each other in the trains, planes & automobiles race across the country.
Not only is a rival gang after the jewels, but so are a gang of cops. Bad casting here as all these middle-aged actors look alike and no one stands out, so you can't keep them straight.
Film only comes to life when the stars get stuck in a storm and seek shelter in a remote farmhouse where a woman is about to give birth. The frantic father (a marvelous John Qualen) can't reach the doctor because the lines are down. Loy and Tracy pitch in and help in the emergency.
Then the film goes back to its ludicrous plot and plays out as expected. Loy and Tracy don't spark any chemistry and plot holes aplenty don't help. William Powell was lucky to have missed out on this clunker.