That's a quote by American cargo ships captain J. Farrell MacDonald who is forced against his will to play ball with agents from an unnamed foreign country (assumed to be fictional in this RKO programmer) to help arrest Allan Lane who is wanted for a murder he did not commit. The alluring Linda Hayes plays an interesting lady of mystery who could be an agent as well, and she's the best thing about this film. Robert Barrat co-stars as a friend of Lane's who is hiding him from the Nazi like villains.
I found the fact that the enemy country is ambiguous and unknown an interesting elements of the films plot, but the insinuations are obvious considering what was happening in 1939 overseas. Hayes, who had a brief contract at RKO and played the vindictive ex-fiancee in the first few "Mexican Spitfire" films and a few other above average RKO programmers, showed great potential with this, but she retired within a few years, becoming the mother to Cathy Lee Crosby. Filled with lots of action and suspense with several scenes set on a fast-moving motorboat, this flies by in just an hour, ahead of its time in predicting enemy attempts at espionage.
I found the fact that the enemy country is ambiguous and unknown an interesting elements of the films plot, but the insinuations are obvious considering what was happening in 1939 overseas. Hayes, who had a brief contract at RKO and played the vindictive ex-fiancee in the first few "Mexican Spitfire" films and a few other above average RKO programmers, showed great potential with this, but she retired within a few years, becoming the mother to Cathy Lee Crosby. Filled with lots of action and suspense with several scenes set on a fast-moving motorboat, this flies by in just an hour, ahead of its time in predicting enemy attempts at espionage.