Storyline

Hard-drinking journalist Paul Kemp takes a job at a besieged newspaper in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His volatile editor, Lotterman, assigns him to tourist pieces and horoscopes, but promises more. Paul rooms with Sala, an aging and equally alcoholic reporter, in a rundown flat. Sanderson, a wealthy entrepreneur, hires Paul to flack for a group of investors who plan to buy an island near the capital and build a resort. Sanderson's girl-friend, the beguiling Chenault, bats her eyes at Paul. His loyalties face challenges when he and Sala get in trouble with locals, when a Carnival dance enrages Sanderson, and when the paper hits the skids. Is the solution always alcohol?

Plot Keywords

based on novel, journalist, puerto rico, year 1960, ocean, alcoholic, newspaper, reference to richard nixon, reference to john f. kennedy, loss of job, bet, gambling, rooster, binoculars, arrest, temptation, singing in a car, heavy drinking, fire breathing, unsubtitled foreign language

Short Review

The film looks good and Robinson gives his actors lines they can spit out with some relish.

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