Blue, White and Perfect

1942
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1h 14m

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George Reeves, Mary Beth Hughes, Lloyd Nolan, and Helene Reynolds in Blue, White and Perfect (1942)

Detective Michael Shayne boards a Hawaii-bound ocean liner on the trail of stolen industrial diamonds and a German smuggling ring.Detective Michael Shayne boards a Hawaii-bound ocean liner on the trail of stolen industrial diamonds and a German smuggling ring.Detective Michael Shayne boards a Hawaii-bound ocean liner on the trail of stolen industrial diamonds and a German smuggling ring.

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6.5/10

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Trivia
This film was released in January of 1942, and the action takes place in 1941. The shipping tag on the large trunk shows the sailing date to Honolulu as Saturday, December 6th, which was the day before the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Goofs
Juan Arturo O'Hara uses a pistol with a silencer. However, the weapon is a revolver, a type of pistol on which a silencer does not work.

Quotes
Michael Shayne: You drive a pawnbroker's bargain!

Connections
Followed by The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942)

Soundtracks
(I Wish I Was in) Dixie's Land
(uncredited)
Written by Daniel Decatur Emmett
Whistled by Michael Shayne

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Featured review

6/10

Lloyd Nolan as Mike Shayne

Lloyd Nolan is Mike Shayne again. This time he's headed to Honolulu after some stolen diamonds -- industrial ones which are not blue-white and perfect.

This Fox second feature clearly shows it doesn't waste money, but everything about it -- except the script -- is first rate. It has Glenn MacWilliams as cinematographer -- beautiful, sharp, high lighted images -- and some solid talent in the ranks: George Reeves as a suspicious shipboard passenger, Curt Bois as a ship's steward and even Mae Marsh in a sizable role. The story is a mystery, with its curves disguised by Nolan's wise-cracking. In short, it's a fine little B movie.