Here we have a detective, ripe for a #MeToo, and may be the Bosses are ready to overlook this delinquency (probably it wasn't one that time, or even James Bond times) but they have (rightly so) some doubt on his falling prey to charms, and hence they put an official shadow, to stick to him like a leech, only that shadow is probably one of the most dumb and incompetent person (Bellamy as Blodget) imaginable, his nemesis detective Elliot (as Faulkiner) of course was a match (almost).
The Movie is totally without any plot, whatever is there, is made ludicrous by the holes that crop out at every other moment.
First of all, any detective, the moment they got to scene of crime, would have thought of the location of the killing shot (base of skull) - vs the front where the blank shot has sprayed the powder and started thinking.
The agency which could trace her from a ring sold at remote place (when she was supposed to be dead, and hence the jewelries weren't under watch), didn't try to trace the originator of the gloves, which probably (without DNA), they could have not only found from the stores but also from the size (at least that it wasn't her).
The following her around the world was not only too chancy but also the political aspects weren't taken care of, none were "American" territories, that they could simply land over and arrest people (in fact a few weren't even common-wealth). JB has the licence to kill (but not arrest). Tracing her through the Piano tune itself is a bit too much.
As was the conviction within a few days of arrest (House-warming party was "Tomorrow Night"), within that the trial not only started, but was over too. Don't they get some chance for the defense lawyer (let's forget the Prosecutors) to prepare their case? What about selection of Jury etc. Of course even the unprepared case, the Electric Chair wasn't secured (Jury 9:3 won't get a chair, only life).
These are only a few of the holes, that left an after taste, even after rushing through the bits.
I wonder why didn't she try to reach her father (in Egypt) ? There is no mention of his being Late. But she quite studiously avoided the whole zone.
A bit of chance is OK, since it makes a story, but too much of chance is just a spoiler.
Despite the set of actors, whom I quite like, Bennet, Sothern, and March too isn't too bad, though here I would say, Bellamy was better (even though too bungling to be a detective) but they can't really keep water retain in a sieve, can they ?
If they wanted to prove the way the SFPD - Detectives work, well, I don't know, and can't really comment.
Review of Trade Winds
