Dastardly villains and absurd plotlines abound in this late 50's cheap film noir about missing bonds, a drugged out femme fatale and a troubled anti-hero desperately trying to stay out of trouble really cuts the cheese in this amusing but stinky thriller. Vince Edwards is a world weary Korean War vet who's always seemingly getting into trouble just because he's searching for missing bombshell wife Carol Ohmart. She's up to her neck in cocaine addiction and conspiracy, tied in with the Simon Bar Sinister/Fearless Leader like villainy of the colorful Richard Loo.
There's another seemingly dark lady (Tamar Benamy) who gravitates towards Edwards, her severe hairstyle reminding me of Mother Gin Sling in "The Shanghai Gesture", where this ironically takes place. Another unintentional comic character is the heavyset Asian thug (Efren Reyes, Sr.), a combination of Peter Lorre and Victor Buono, dominating the two scenes that he is in but not because he deserves to. Ohmart, having already gone into camp immortality as the deadly wife of Vincent Price in "The House on Haunted Hill", plays her part with a Gloria Grahame like pathetic quality. Edwards is rather bland when compared to the others around him. Cheap and somewhat vulgar, it's good for an unintentional laugh or two.
There's another seemingly dark lady (Tamar Benamy) who gravitates towards Edwards, her severe hairstyle reminding me of Mother Gin Sling in "The Shanghai Gesture", where this ironically takes place. Another unintentional comic character is the heavyset Asian thug (Efren Reyes, Sr.), a combination of Peter Lorre and Victor Buono, dominating the two scenes that he is in but not because he deserves to. Ohmart, having already gone into camp immortality as the deadly wife of Vincent Price in "The House on Haunted Hill", plays her part with a Gloria Grahame like pathetic quality. Edwards is rather bland when compared to the others around him. Cheap and somewhat vulgar, it's good for an unintentional laugh or two.