Affair in Trinidad

""You weren't the first... and you won't be the last!""

1952 1h 38m EN

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Synopsis

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A nightclub singer enlists her brother-in-law to track down her husband's killer.

“"You weren't the first... and you won't be the last!"”

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Cast

Rita Hayworth
Chris Emery
Glenn Ford
Steve Emery
Alexander Scourby
Max Fabian
Valerie Bettis
Veronica Huebling
Torin Thatcher
Inspector Smythe
Howard Wendell
Anderson
Karl Stepanek
Walters
George Voskovec
Doctor Franz Huebling

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Vincent Sherman
Writers: Virginia Van Upp, James Gunn, Oscar Saul
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $1.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 5.8× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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74 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Vincent Sherman, shot by Joseph Walker. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Viola Lawrence shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford and Alexander Scourby carry the top of the cast.

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AWARDS

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Marketing tagline: ""You weren't the first... and you won't be the last!"".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0044331 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Vincent Sherman directs. Joseph Walker behind the camera. Viola Lawrence cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Shot for just $1.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Made its money back 5.8× over at the box office.
374 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
4Directed by Vincent Sherman, shot by Joseph Walker. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Viola Lawrence shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford and Alexander Scourby carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: ""You weren't the first... and you won't be the last!"".
8IMDB entry: tt0044331 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 61 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Classified under 9 themes, including "jealousy", "espionage", "film noir", "murder".

The technical file

Cinematography: Joseph Walker
Editing: Viola Lawrence
Costume design: Jean Louis
Makeup / hair: Robert J. Schiffer
Runtime: 98 min · 1h 38m
Status: Released
Budget: $1,200,000
Box office: $7,000,000
Return: 583% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Affair in Trinidad (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes: 0% 🥫 Rotten
IMDB rating: 6.6/10 · 3,627 votes
MPAA: Approved

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total

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John Chard2018-11-25
★ 5/10
You walked out of that inquest like you were on your way to a cocktail party. Affair in Trinidad is one of those pretend film noir movies that the public seem to love more than the critics, both back then on release and also now. I was personally hoping that as a big fan of Glenn Ford, and being an admirer of Rita Hayworth, I too would be thumbing my nose at the critics. Sadly not. Directed by Vincent Sherman and with a screenplay by Berne Gilder and James Gunn, the story is set in Trinidad and pitches Hayworth as a recently widowed nightclub dancer and Ford as the deceased man's brother. The death is suspicious and as the law closes in (in the form of Torrin Thatcher) secrets will out and a bigger picture kind of emerges. Ok! Lets not compare to Gilda and Notorious, for obvious reasons, and just accept Affair in Trinidad as its own entity. What transpires is a tired tropical exercise in romance and spy like intrigue. In fact it's a bit of a hack job coasting in on the two leading stars reputations, Ford as a genre presence and Hayworth as some sort of ogle feature. The plot is ridiculous where nothing much makes sense. Character's motivations are sketchy at best, and once the screenplay plays its hand for reveal purpose, you wonder just where are the villains from and what exactly are they up to?! Is that explained or did I have a power nap?... It doesn't help that head weasel Max Fabian (Alexander Scourby) is so not threatening, and boring to boot, that it renders the intended dramatic oomph at pics finale as being akin to a damp squib. Hayworth goes through the motions in the acting scenes, only holding court with her two dance numbers (voice dubbed by Jo Ann Greer), and while Ford can brood with the best of them, his character is so poorly written it doesn't let the actor shine. As for this remotely being film noir? Not a chance, neither visually, thematically or in characterisations does it work on that film making style. Consider me bloody annoyed. 5/10

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