Robert Taylor plays US government agent Rigby, sent to crack illicit aircraft engine trading on a Central American island. Ava Gardener is the sultry cafe singer with whom he falls for. Meanwhile, Vincent Price and Charles Laughton play the heavies trying to get him to leave. A feeble thriller whose better scenes ended up in Steve Martin¼s hysterical 1982 film noir spoof, Dead Men Don¼t Wear Plaid.

The best thing about this film is Vincent's fiery death scene - the first of many roles in which his character goes up in the smoke..