Welles has a few great lines as O'Hara. With a checkered, anti-fascist past in the Spanish civil war, it comes up a few times that O'Hara may have killed a man, and some of the banter between Welles and Hayworth is delightful.
Hayworth: "I don't know how to shoot."
Welles: "It's easy, you just pull the trigger."
Har har har. There's some noir sermonizing that's a little too on the nose, and a late-movie courtroom scene that would make more sense tone-wise if it were in "Inherit the Wind." But there's a constantly changing backdrop as the gang travels around by boat, and a knock-out final sequence in a fun-house that has been oft-parodied. I was reminded of "Chinatown," which perhaps drew some inspiration for its southern california location from this movie. What's also stuck with me was some of the very inventive camerawork, especially in the shot-reverse shot dialogue scenes.
You can almost reach out and touch the sweat on Grisby's nose, there (played by Glenn Anders).
A memorable noir with a satisfying ending.
