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Affair in Trinidad
Affair in Trinidad is a 1952 American film noir directed by Vincent Sherman and starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford. It was produced by Hayworth's Beckworth Corporation and released by Columbia Pictures.
The film is notable as Hayworth's comeback vehicle after four years away from Columbia, as a reteaming of the stars of Gilda (1946) and for a fiery opening number in which Hayworth dances barefoot to calypso music. Hayworth's singing voice is dubbed by Jo Ann Greer, who later also sang for her in Miss Sadie Thompson and Pal Joey. The film's gross take at the box office exceeded Gilda's by $1 million.
Chris Emery works as a nightclub singer and dancer in the British colony of Trinidad and Tobago. One night after her performance, she receives news from Inspector Smythe and Anderson, a member of the American consulate, that her husband Neil has been found dead. She is comforted by Neil's friend Max Fabian.
Initially, the police conclude that Neil committed suicide based on his gunshot wound and the discovery of a pistol at the crime scene, but on further investigation, they believe that he was murdered. Smythe and Anderson take Chris into their confidence and inform her that Neil's boat was seen outside Fabian's property at the time of Neil's murder. Chris learns that Fabian is a crook who has built his fortune by trading information and aiding in treason, so Neil could have been murdered because of his involvement in Fabian's latest project to allow Nazis to launch rockets from Trinidad to attack the United States. Chris agrees to exploit Fabian's love for her in order to gather information for the police.
Neil's brother Steve Emery arrives in Trinidad at the request of his late brother, who had written to him about a prospective job. Steve is shocked to learn that Neil committed suicide shortly after writing to him and investigates matters on his own. After the inquest, Chris and Steve spend time together and she begins to fall in love with him, but she cannot reveal her motive behind her relationship with Fabian.
At a party at Fabian's estate, Steve recognizes Walters as a man who had sat next to him on his flight to Trinidad and had become agitated at the mention of his brother's name. Since Walters' portion of research has been completed, Fabian judges him a liability and has him killed by a hit-and-run driver, increasing the authorities' suspicion.
As Chris inches closer to discovering the truth about Fabian, Steve gathers proof of Fabian's involvement in Neil's death, leading to a climactic showdown. During the struggle for a gun, Fabian is accidentally shot in the stomach. Sensing that his wound might prove fatal, he orders his accomplices to take the secrets and leave him behind. However, local authorities have surrounded the estate and they are either killed or captured. Steve kills Fabian in a climactic gunfight, and with Chris cleared, they leave for Chicago.
Just before production was to begin, Rita Hayworth informed Columbia Pictures that she would not report for work for the first day of filming on December 17, 1951, claiming that she had not been afforded the opportunity to read the entire script. Columbia placed the project on hold and suspended Hayworth, stating to the press that despite the fact that Hayworth did not have rights to story approval, Vincent Sherman had informed her about all script developments, casting and preproduction activities and that she had never previously expressed any objections. The studio had already spent $500,000 on the project at the time of the suspension. Hayworth returned to work for rehearsals on January 10, 1952 and production began on January 25.
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Affair in Trinidad
Affair in Trinidad is a 1952 American film noir directed by Vincent Sherman and starring Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford. It was produced by Hayworth's Beckworth Corporation and released by Columbia Pictures.
The film is notable as Hayworth's comeback vehicle after four years away from Columbia, as a reteaming of the stars of Gilda (1946) and for a fiery opening number in which Hayworth dances barefoot to calypso music. Hayworth's singing voice is dubbed by Jo Ann Greer, who later also sang for her in Miss Sadie Thompson and Pal Joey. The film's gross take at the box office exceeded Gilda's by $1 million.
Chris Emery works as a nightclub singer and dancer in the British colony of Trinidad and Tobago. One night after her performance, she receives news from Inspector Smythe and Anderson, a member of the American consulate, that her husband Neil has been found dead. She is comforted by Neil's friend Max Fabian.
Initially, the police conclude that Neil committed suicide based on his gunshot wound and the discovery of a pistol at the crime scene, but on further investigation, they believe that he was murdered. Smythe and Anderson take Chris into their confidence and inform her that Neil's boat was seen outside Fabian's property at the time of Neil's murder. Chris learns that Fabian is a crook who has built his fortune by trading information and aiding in treason, so Neil could have been murdered because of his involvement in Fabian's latest project to allow Nazis to launch rockets from Trinidad to attack the United States. Chris agrees to exploit Fabian's love for her in order to gather information for the police.
Neil's brother Steve Emery arrives in Trinidad at the request of his late brother, who had written to him about a prospective job. Steve is shocked to learn that Neil committed suicide shortly after writing to him and investigates matters on his own. After the inquest, Chris and Steve spend time together and she begins to fall in love with him, but she cannot reveal her motive behind her relationship with Fabian.
At a party at Fabian's estate, Steve recognizes Walters as a man who had sat next to him on his flight to Trinidad and had become agitated at the mention of his brother's name. Since Walters' portion of research has been completed, Fabian judges him a liability and has him killed by a hit-and-run driver, increasing the authorities' suspicion.
As Chris inches closer to discovering the truth about Fabian, Steve gathers proof of Fabian's involvement in Neil's death, leading to a climactic showdown. During the struggle for a gun, Fabian is accidentally shot in the stomach. Sensing that his wound might prove fatal, he orders his accomplices to take the secrets and leave him behind. However, local authorities have surrounded the estate and they are either killed or captured. Steve kills Fabian in a climactic gunfight, and with Chris cleared, they leave for Chicago.
Just before production was to begin, Rita Hayworth informed Columbia Pictures that she would not report for work for the first day of filming on December 17, 1951, claiming that she had not been afforded the opportunity to read the entire script. Columbia placed the project on hold and suspended Hayworth, stating to the press that despite the fact that Hayworth did not have rights to story approval, Vincent Sherman had informed her about all script developments, casting and preproduction activities and that she had never previously expressed any objections. The studio had already spent $500,000 on the project at the time of the suspension. Hayworth returned to work for rehearsals on January 10, 1952 and production began on January 25.