Trade Winds (1938)

Kay Kerrigan commits a murder and then changes her hair color, assumes a new identity and flees the country by ship. She's unaware that she's being followed by Sam Wye, a skirt chasing ... See full summary »

Director:

Tay Garnett

Writers:

Tay Garnett (story), Dorothy Parker,

Stars:

Fredric March, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy

Cast

Cast overview:
Fredric March	...	Sam Wye
Joan Bennett	...	Kay Kerrigan
Ralph Bellamy	...	Ben Blodgett
Ann Sothern	...	Jean Livingstone
Sidney Blackmer	...	Thomas Bruhme II
Thomas Mitchell	...	Commissioner Blackton
Robert Elliott	...	Captain George Faulkiner
Joyce Compton	...	Mrs. Johnson
Richard Tucker	...	John Johnson
Dorothy Comingore	...	Ann (as Linda Winters)
Wilma Francis	...	Judy

Storyline

Kay Kerrigan commits a murder and then changes her hair color, assumes a new identity and flees the country by ship. She's unaware that she's being followed by Sam Wye, a skirt chasing detective. The two soon develop a shipboard romance. Will Sam be able to bring Kay back to the States and likely imprisonment?

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Plot Keywords:

detective | murder | ship

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 December 1938 (USA)

Also Known As:

Agapisa mia dolofono

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walter Wanger Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

First movie in which Joan Bennett appeared as a brunette, the hair color for all of her subsequent films.

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Connections

Referenced in Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story (2002)

User Reviews

Hedy clone

I must say Joan looked like Hedy Lamarr, and that is the ultimate compliment in this movie. In fact, the comics of the day, usually made jokes about her and Hedy...something like this..."Hedy so fair...why does she make Joan Bennett wear all her old hair". Years later, in an interview Joan said that she didn't think Hedy appreciated the joke..but I read otherwise, Hedy couldn't stop laughing..go figure. Anyhow, the movie was so-so, Ann Sothern, my favorite, had the usual barbs. I also read that since Joan did her Hedy turn, she got more popular than as a blond and apparently made movies that Hedy couldn't do because of her foreign accent and so Joan made a lot more movies and some pretty good ones...and yet, she never became the super star that Hedy became. Please take note..in 1950 she replaced Hedy in the "Father of the Bride". cause Hedy was too young to be Elizabeth's mother...Joan was 4 years older than Hedy.