Better than the others.
"Navy Spy" is the second of four movies Conrad Nagel made as g-man, Alan O'Connor...the others being "Yellow Cargo", "The Gold Racket" and "Bank Alarm". These other three are a subpar lot...with the best of them earning a 4 from me. Is "Navy Spy" any better? Well, considering they were all made for "Grand National" (possibly the worst of the 'Poverty Row' independent studios), I sure didn't expect much!
A Navy lieutenant has come up with a formula for a special concentrated fuel. Not surprisingly, evil people also want the formula and soon the guy is kidnapped. When he disappears, O'Connor and Bobbie Reynolds (Eleanor Hunt) are sent to investigate. Their trail takes them to a nighclub singer...a singer who seems far from cooperative and defensive.
As with the other films in the series, Nagel is very good. Fortunately, the plot to "Navy Spy" is a bit better and more fun than the other three...making it worth seeing, although hardly a must-see picture.
A Navy lieutenant has come up with a formula for a special concentrated fuel. Not surprisingly, evil people also want the formula and soon the guy is kidnapped. When he disappears, O'Connor and Bobbie Reynolds (Eleanor Hunt) are sent to investigate. Their trail takes them to a nighclub singer...a singer who seems far from cooperative and defensive.
As with the other films in the series, Nagel is very good. Fortunately, the plot to "Navy Spy" is a bit better and more fun than the other three...making it worth seeing, although hardly a must-see picture.
- planktonrules
- Feb 12, 2021