This is an entertaining quickie comedy-mystery from Universal. Dick Foran, along with sidekick Fuzzy Knight, get mixed up with peg-legged Leo Carrillo, who claims to have a treasure map from Henry Morgan (the pirate, not the television personality). When an "expert" (Hobart Cavanagh) tells them the map is phony, Foran, who owns a boat, demonstrates his entrepreneurial skills by charging passengers $50 for the chance to find the treasure anyway. Once the assorted suckers arrive at the island where the treasure is supposed to be hidden, somebody starts bumping them off. Who did/done it?
Foran is likable as the lead, and Peggy Moran is cute as the romantic interest. The supporting cast is stocked with familiar faces, and the score is loaded with H. J. Salter's familiar themes. My favorite character was Thurman Coldwater, played by Lewis Howard, looking like a cross between Robert Donat and Laurence Olivier.
Foran is likable as the lead, and Peggy Moran is cute as the romantic interest. The supporting cast is stocked with familiar faces, and the score is loaded with H. J. Salter's familiar themes. My favorite character was Thurman Coldwater, played by Lewis Howard, looking like a cross between Robert Donat and Laurence Olivier.