Now this is how you fish -- nets, forget about it! Some kind of industrial accident happens every two minutes (quit standing in the coils of rope, guys!) but I guess it's all part of the game if you're after the tiger shark's favourite snacks. Edward G Robinson plays a frontin' Portuguese fishing captain; he marries a woman who confesses she doesn't really love him but only just appreciates him. I could just smell the pungent cannery, with all the great footage taken along the California coast. I think the same story (also with Edward G) came together better in Manpower but Zita Johann is less hard-bitten than Marlene Dietrich is in the same role. Though no dope, Zita's very much a little deco statuette in place of the boxy, seedy creature of the noirish remake.
The best line of the movie has to be: "ONIONS! I LOVE ONIONS!"; that is, aside from: "Imma give you the most best feesh you ever see!" and variations of the same. On that note, it is interesting that in a film packed with characters of different ethnicities, it is "Pipes" Boley, the most clearly WASP character, and Quita who get together; there is a funny little moment where Quita admits her mother was not Portuguese, to the dismay of Robinson's character Mike Mascarenhas. Reminds me of one of my favourite "What's My Line" clips:
"Got for whaaat?"
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