First National Pictures
Directed by William A. Wellman
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
Dorothy Mackaill goes on the lam to a Caribbean island after committing murder in New Orleans. The island is a refuge for criminals because it does not extradite them. She lives upstairs in a cheap hotel, while downstairs bored lechers plot how to win her love. She's got a fiance, only problem is he is out to sea for months at a time and his letters to her are stolen. She begins to revert to her "old ways" after awhile and ends up committing murder again. An unexpectedly downbeat ending features Mackaill walking into the sunset on the beach...to her death.
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