Santiago "Looney Tunes" Dirk Bogarde is marvelously menacing

Dirk Bogarde is marvelously menacing as the father

But an even bigger treat for viewers then and now is the first screen appearance of a future movie immortal singled out as "a charming newcomer" by Frank S

Laurent Van Horn (Henreid)

in her last film

Santiago "Looney Tunes" Dirk Bogarde is marvelously menacingAlan Ladd delivers the goods in an explosive tale of revolution and greed, directed by action ace Gordon Douglas. Desperate for arms in their fight against Spain, Cuban partisans agree to double the price if American gunrunner Cash Adams (Ladd) smuggles a boatload of weapons to their Santiago hideout. Forced into an uneasy alliance with an old enemy (Lloyd Nolan) and a sexy freedom fighter (Helen of Troy's Rossana Podesta), Adams must battle his way