Alicia I love this movie so much

TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

SunnyHello Nice effects though.

Salubfoto It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

MartinHafer The lady from the title refers to Hedy Lamarr. However, although her character is referred to in the title of the film, she really is not the star of this picture. Instead, John Hodiak is the star and he does a very nice job playing dual roles--an American immigration agent as well as a stateless Hungarian.When the film begins, a man is accidentally run over when escaping from someone. Why folks are chasing him isn't certain...and you learn more about this as the film progresses. It seems that this unknown dead man is an illegal alien...and clues on his body point to his having just been in Cuba. So, Peter (Hodiak) goes down to this island nation to investigate...with the help of the local police. The trail then leads to a smooth but deadly jerk, played very well by George Macready (he played snake-like characters very well). So how is pretty Hedy involved? Watch the film.I think for Ms. Lamarr, this film was a letdown and didn't do a lot for her career. Now it isn't because it's a bad film at all...it's very good. But she isn't given a lot to do but look pretty...even, inexplicably, during a trek through the Everglades near the end of the film...and her makeup and hair look superb!!! I live in Florida and even if this had been in the middle of winter, she sure COULDN'T have looked that perfect! Well worth seeing...and an interesting and unusual plot.

edwagreen Even George MacReady's usual sinister ways is not enough to save this 1950 film. Problem is that the character should have more developed to produce more vile behavior. Film is predictable since you know that Agent John Hodiak, posing as a Hungarian with an authentic accent to break up a smuggling immigrant ring, shall fall for Hedy Lamarr, who is trying to gain entrance into the United States by any means.Half-way into the film, MacReady becomes aware of who Hodiak really is and the film goes rapidly downhill from there.Even the chase through the Florida swamp lands lacks the necessary excitement.

Aaron Igay I always wondered what the story was on Hedy Lamarr. I'd never seen her in anything before this film, only heard about her in Mel Brooks jokes and so forth. Turns out she was also a Math genius, but if this film is anything to go on, she offered little more than a pretty face to the acting profession. The only thing that was memorable about this film was the location shooting in Havana. The highlight of the Cuban segment was the Mambo music and dancing as the lead walks into a seedy little nightclub. This 1950 film predates Mambo Mania in the US by a few years, by 1955 Cuba and the music that came with it were all the rage stateside and featured in numerous TV shows and films. Lots of 'Casablanca-esque' scenes of stranded refugees in this one, but unlike that film, you'll have already forgotten everybody's name by the time the credits roll.

adamgibson2 This movie gets some good laughs for the hilarious accents and the airplane chase scene. The scene involves two toy planes suspended over scenery drawn on a conveyor belt. The belt moves below the planes as they wiggle from side to side on their wires. The escaping pilot then deliberately crashes his plane into a tree and everyone walks away. Looks like they spent all of their special effects money on accent coaches and Hedy Lamar. It gets even funnier after the Border Patrol agents go after the "aliens" to save the from crocodiles and water moccasins in the "jungle" of Florida. Castro must have watched this movie before he decided to throw the Yanks out.