Keyhole
Year: 1933
Grade: B+
Country: USA
Director: Curtiz
Reviewgood curtiz film from before he was popular, about a woman who needs to get rid of an old boyfriend. in order to do that she comes up with a plan to go to cuba, knowing the ex will follow her there, and pull some strings to make sure her ex-boyfriend can’t leave the country once he’s there. her jealous husband doesn’t trust her alone and doesn’t know of the plot (only that she is going to cuba), so he has a p.i. follow her while she’s on the voyage there. the p.i. falls in love with the girl and, as a little comedic side story, his partner gets duped by a sort of woman of the night [played by glenda farrell (muni’s wife from i am a fugitive from a chain gang)] who gets men to buy her fancy things and then takes a cut of the profit from the proprietors. it’s about trust and love and relationships and surveillance. good, lesser known film.