This 1952 romance-suspense spy caper is often billed as a film noir, though I only saw glimmers of noir throughout the running. Basically, it's a vehicle for Rita Hayworth's stunning beauty beginning with the opening scene of her dancing barefoot to the calypso music on an upscale nightclub stage. Glenn Ford is the tough ex-B-29 pilot coming to the island in search of a job his dead brother has written to him about in a letter. Juanita Moore as Dominique, Rita's island maid, does a good job serving as her wise counsel. There are some fisticuffs between Ford and the island thugs about one hour in which livens up the action. Rita gets another singing and dancing number although it's not her voice doing the singing. What does it matter? She's a million-dollar knockout. I enjoyed watching Affair in Trinidad. You might, too.
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