Flame Of The Islands (1956)

A secretary (Yvonne De Carlo) in Manhattan deliberately gives the impression that she was the mistress of a wealthy millionaire. When he dies, his wife (Frieda Inescort) gifts her with a $100,000 check for the "happiness" she brought her late husband. She quits her job and goes off to the Bahamas but her scheme will come back to haunt her. Based on the unpublished novel REBEL ISLAND by Adele Comandini and directed by Edward Ludwig (WAKE OF THE RED WITCH). The 1950s seemed to love the Caribbean which might explain why so many movies were set there. This attractive looking (shot in Trucolor) melodrama is pretty corny but trash has its lure sometimes and I had a good time with this soap opera. The highlights of the movie aren't the dramatics but the two campy musical numbers sung by Yvonne De Carlo, Bahama Mama and Take It Or Leave It. The movie's only surprise is who De Carlo ends up with at the end of the movie! With Howard Duff, Zachary Scott, Kurt Kasznar, James Arness, Barbara O'Neil and Donald Curtis.