Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Bereamic Awesome Movie

AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Dalbert Pringle And, the question is - Who killed "nice guy" Neal Emery, and why?... Well - As the story goes in "Affair In Trinidad" - The answer to Neal's untimely murder is a seriously complicated matter (as you'll soon find out).IMO - This 1952 "Rita Hayworth" come-back film was certainly better than I had thought it would be. But, it was certainly not "Film Noir" as it has been erroneously categorized.Back in 1952 the movie-going public literally flocked in droves to see this b&w crime/drama (which was shot entirely on sets in the USA at Columbia Studios).You see - Glamour girl, Rita Hayworth had been away from starring in pictures for 4 years. During that time of absence she had been married to Prince Aly Khan.To say that their royal, fairy-tale marriage was a messy affair would truly be an understatement - As it ended in accusations (by Hayworth) of cruelty and abuse. (Oh-me! Oh-my!)"Affair In Trinidad" was produced on a $1 million budget. It made back 7 times that amount in its first year of release.

JohnHowardReid Although the 80-minute TV version leaves a few holes in the script and omits a couple of minor characters (I didn't notice any refugees), it is a considerable improvement on the original – and this will please just about everybody except Mr. Ford's most rabid fans. Mr. Ford makes a late entrance and disappears from the film altogether during most of the climax, but his absence is not missed all that much. He is less indulgently photographed than Rita Hayworth and his mannerisms seem even more theatrical than usual.On the other hand, Miss Hayworth is very kindly treated by Joseph Walker's soft-focus lighting and is stunningly gowned. She also has the lion's share of the action and acquits herself so effectively in the dramatic sections that the climactic sequences will have most viewers on the edges of their seats. Vincent Sherman's direction shows his customary skill in the handling of action and his usual efficiency in dialogue scenes. Joseph Walker's atmospheric photography is also a big help in creating suspense.Alexander Scourby is delightfully sinister as Max Fabian. Surprising to see dance choreographer Valerie Bettis as one of his confederates (she has the inside gag line, "Maybe I ought to learn to dance!" which was no doubt penned on the set) and essaying a scene in which she is slightly whiffed most effectively too! Torin Thatcher plays a police inspector with his usual air of forthright efficiency, whilst Howard Wendell does rather better as the American consul here than he does as the police commissioner in "The Big Heat". Steven Geray tries a part right off his usual track and is most effective as a corrupt night club proprietor. The other roles are comparatively small, but are well cast and played.Production values leave nothing to be desired — with the exception of the songs which are pedestrian and the dances which contrive to be both distasteful and unexciting.

jpdoherty The re-teaming of "Gilda" stars Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford in the 1952 production "Affair In Trinidad" had Columbia Pictures executives having high hopes of achieving something nearing the same success as their enduring 1946 classic. But James Gunn and Oscar Saul's screenplay failed to reach the mark and the picture turned out to be nothing more than just another average Noir!Nevertheless it did have some things going for it and not least a sizzling performance from the beautiful Rita Hayworth as a nightclub entertainer. The stunning Hayworth just gnaws at the scenery throughout and setting male hearts a racing with her inimitable renditions of a couple of songs which, in her hands, simply sparkle! Vincent Sherman does a reasonable job in the director's chair and the glorious black & white cinematography by Joseph Walker is as sharp as a button. The excellent DVD transfer is particularly enriched with well defined imagery!Glenn Ford is his usual laconic, sullen and truculent self as Steve Emery who arrives in Trinidad only to learn that his brother has committed suicide. Refusing to believe the suicide claim he sets out to prove otherwise. Determined to get to the bottom of what exactly happened to his sibling and with the help of his brother's widow (Hayworth) he exposes the truth resulting in an action filled finale.The picture is well held together by a good supporting cast such as Valerie Bettis (who also created Hayworth's couple of dance routines), Torin Thatcher as the police chief but especially Alexander Scourby as the smooth and charming baddie with the colorful name of Max Fabian. His role looking every bit like a dry run for his smooth and charming racketeer Mike Lagana in Glenn Ford's cop classic "The Big Heat" the following year.Not too bad a movie really and I can think of worse ways to spend 94 minutes. But there are no extras - not even a trailer - which to put it mildly is nothing short of reprehensible!

bkoganbing When one talks about Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford as a screen team, one is primarily talking about Gilda. There first film, The Lady in Question had them as featured players, second was the classic Gilda, third was The Loves of Carmen with a horribly miscast Glenn Ford. It was after that one, that Rita Hayworth married Aly Khan and was off the screen for four years.When she came back, Harry Cohn decided not to be too adventurous. Her last big success was Gilda with Glenn Ford, she got Glenn Ford. She was a singer stranded in the southern hemisphere in Gilda, she was again a singer stranded in Affair in Trinidad. Stepping into the George MacReady's shoes as villainous mastermind is suave and continental Alexander Scourby.Rita's husband is murdered and the Trinidad police inspector Torin Thatcher knows full well Alexander Scourby is behind it. Scourby is your international man of mystery in the Sydney Greenstreet, Orson Welles tradition. Thatcher wants Rita to spy on Scourby and she agrees to find out exactly what he's up to.In comes Glenn Ford into the picture as her late husband's brother. He wants some answers and nearly succeeds in wrecking the whole project. Good thing Rita's a quick thinking girl, a better thing is that Ford's a man of action, helps them both out in a pinch.Come to think of it, though Alexander Scourby is a fine player, Orson Welles would have owned this part and even better if he had directed Affair in Trinidad. This is just the kind of story that someone like him could have made into a classic. What a film to remember with Rita with her most well known co-star and another ex-husband as well.Harry Cohn probably would have shot anyone who brought him that idea, still it's interesting to speculate.Though Affair in Trinidad got panned by critics it cleaned up at the box office with all of Rita's loyal fans wanting to see her again. It's still a treat for fans of the screen's greatest sex symbol.