Marie Galante

"A triumph of startling drama-set in the danger zone of American intrigue."

Oct 26 1934 Approved 1h 28m
Drama, Romance, Thriller

On the French coast, unlucky Marie Galante is abducted and forced to board an American cargo ship bound for the Panama Canal. When an escape attempt leaves Marie high and dry in the Yucatan, she takes work as a nightclub singer to earn her safe passage to the Canal region. But Marie faces bigger problems when she gets mixed up in a destructive plot against the U.S. Naval fleet, and so she accepts the kindly assistance of secret agent Dr. Crawbett.

Plot

Marie Galante, a pretty French deliverer of telegrams, is inadvertently abducted by a drunken sea captain bound for Central America. Escaping in Mexico, Marie travels down the coast trying to find a way back home to France. In the Panama Canal Zone, she finds work as a singer and piques the interest of several men: Tenoki, a Japanese merchant, Brogard, his German competitor, Ratcliff, a British diplomatic agent, and Dr. Crawbett, ostensibly a researcher into tropical diseases. In fact, one or more of these men is involved in espionage and a plot to sink the U.S. fleet as it passes through the canal. Naive Marie cannot believe anything nefarious is afoot, but the handsome Dr. Crawbett convinces her to help him uncover the saboteur. But Marie is not sure she can trust even Crawbett.

Written by

Reginald Berkeley, Jacques Deval, William Absalom Drake

Directed by

Henry King

Cast

Spencer Tracy, Ketti Gallian, Ned Sparks

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

Languages

Français, English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
440
Average Rating
5.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA