Direction
Tourneur already showing the atmospheric mastery of his later horror classics.
Cinematography
Tropical noir lighting on a Poverty Row budget.

Director
Jacques Tourneur
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made for MGM's 'Crime Does Not Pay' short subject series, though its anti-colonial leanings skirted the series' typical moralism.
Tourneur's father Maurice was a silent film pioneer; this early work shows the son already mastering paternal lessons in shadow and suggestion.
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