Mystery Ship

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Paul Kelly and Lola Lane in Mystery Ship (1941)

FBI agents Allan Harper and Tommy Baker are in charge of a group of subversives, spies and saboteurs that the US government is deporting to foreign countries aboard a ship. The deportees att... Read allFBI agents Allan Harper and Tommy Baker are in charge of a group of subversives, spies and saboteurs that the US government is deporting to foreign countries aboard a ship. The deportees attempt to take over the ship.FBI agents Allan Harper and Tommy Baker are in charge of a group of subversives, spies and saboteurs that the US government is deporting to foreign countries aboard a ship. The deportees attempt to take over the ship.

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Paul Kelly

Allan Harper

Lola Lane

Patricia Marshall

Larry Parks

Tommy Baker

Trevor Bardette

Ernst Madek

Cy Kendall

Condor

Roger Imhof

Capt. Randall

Eddie Laughton

Turillo

John Tyrrell

Byron Foulger

Wasserman

Dick Curtis

Van Brock

Dwight Frye

Rader

Kenneth MacDonald

Gorman

Ernie Adams

Cab Driver
(uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

Detective at the Pier
(uncredited)

Wade Boteler

Inspector Mike O'Shea
(uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

Apartment Manager
(uncredited)

Edward Earle

Justice of the Peace
(uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Guard
(uncredited)

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- Lew Landers
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Mystery destination

FBI agent Paul Kelly (Allan) and reporter Lola Lane (Pat) are due to get married for the billionth time when a secret assignment is handed to Kelly and his friend Larry Parks (Tommy). This leads to the cancellation of the wedding and a secret trip on a ship filled with the country's most notorious criminals.

The film is OK, nothing too standout. It starts in a jokey fashion and takes a while to get going. There is some tension once we get onto the ship as there is a power struggle between villains for who is top dog. There are a few unrealistic sections, eg, the lack of numbers in officers escorting these villains and the lack of shooting from the officers when unrest breaks out. We also get a rather gentlemanly Trevor Bardette (Madek) who is quick to concede defeat to the better man. I don't think so! However, Cy Kendall (Condor) makes a good thug.

The film wraps up rather quickly and it's all rather unrealistic. Where on earth are all these villains being deported to given that they are all American?