Esther Ralston is caught in a raid on a gambling den where the officers of the Immigration Service are looking for illegal Chinese. They've been paying $300 a head to be smuggled across the border. She's let go because she's the daughter of prominent jurist Oscar Apfel; she leaves quietly with oriental curio collector Sidney Blackmer. Unbenknownst to the authorities, he is the chief of the smuggling operation. Investigator Regis Toomey also takes a shine to her, in between instructing flat-footed flatfoot J. Farrell MacDonald on deduction for comedy relief.
Like many of the exploitation movies of the era, it begins with a long scroll of text explaining why illegal immigration is so bad. This fig leaf covers a decently written and executed B movie, with plenty of flying sequences -- everyone seems to be a pilot in this movie --and some prominent, although fading performers. It hints at, rather than making obvious, some potentially interests points. You couldn't say these things with the Production Code fully enforced.
Like many of the exploitation movies of the era, it begins with a long scroll of text explaining why illegal immigration is so bad. This fig leaf covers a decently written and executed B movie, with plenty of flying sequences -- everyone seems to be a pilot in this movie --and some prominent, although fading performers. It hints at, rather than making obvious, some potentially interests points. You couldn't say these things with the Production Code fully enforced.
