Dangerously Yours

Malcolm St. Clair's 1937 American film follows a detective posing as a jewel thief. He joins a gang after a famous stone and travels with them on a ship from Europe to New York, then falls in love with one of the women among them. The film is short and direct. The narrative takes place on the ship and the confinement makes the tension easier; who is who keeps changing and hiding the detective's identity grows steadily harder. Cesar Romero leads. The production belongs to the fast-output arm of the studio system; it runs a little over an hour with limited character depth. The dialogue follows the crime formulas of the period. Who it's for: those who like thirties Hollywood crime pictures. Who it's not for: viewers looking for a complex mystery; the film follows a quick, simple plot.