![]() ![]() Mafia assassin chasing after the hot chanteuse because of her double-cross? Check. Italian-born clerk stealing plans? Check. However, the scriptwriter saw the possibilities with the run-up to WWII. The Japanese government wanted those naval plans. It was the Mafia he didn’t talk about.Īgent Burt: “There is no such thing as the Mafia!”There are stolen top-secret plans for high-tech submarines. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI back in the 1930s (and decades afterward), never denied the existence of organized crime. Believe it or not, this is vaguely historically accurate. Agent Burt, unlike Jimmy Cagney, insists there is no Mafia, Brotherhood, or Cosa Nostra active in the United States. Inspector Japp tells Poirot that there’s a technical term for this sort of liaison between law enforcement agencies: disaster. He throws his considerable weight around at Scotland Yard, baffling all and sundry with his football references, waving around of guns, and American slang. Burt) come to London to find stolen submarine plans. There’s the caricature of an FBI Agent, (Mr. It opens with an appropriate film clip: “G Men,” a 1935 Jimmy Cagney flick involving FBI agents battling mobsters with plenty of accompanying gunfire, fast cars, and dangerous molls. My only quibble is that slower, dumber viewers like me need more explanation. Every other story element is from the text rearranged, expanded upon, or a sly reference, but it’s there. The main addition is Miss Lemon, undercover agent. ![]()
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