A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air freight service must risk his pilots' lives to earn a major contract.
Direction
Hawks' invisible hand—no scene feels directed, only lived-in.
Acting
Grant's most emotionally unavailable performance, and it works.
Director
Howard Hawks
Cary Grant
Geoff Carter
Jean Arthur
Bonnie Lee
Thomas Mitchell
Kid Dabb
Richard Barthelmess
Bat MacPherson
Rita Hayworth
Judy MacPherson
Allyn Joslyn
Les Peters
Sig Ruman
Dutchy
Victor Kilian
Sparks
John Carroll
Gent Shelton
Don 'Red' Barry
Tex
Noah Beery Jr.
Joe Souther
Pat Flaherty
Mike
Stanley Brown
Harkwright Jr.
Cecilia Callejo
Felice Torras - Geoff's Lady Friend
Candy Candido
Bass Player
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