Trade Winds (film)

Trade Winds
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Tay Garnett
Screenplay by	Dorothy Parker Alan Campbell Frank R. Adams
Story by	original story Tay Garnett
Produced by	Tay Garrett Walter Wanger (executive)
Starring	Fredric March Joan Bennett
Cinematography	Rudolph Mate, A.S.C. Foreign exterior photography James B. Shackelford, A.S.C.
Edited by	Otho Lovering Dorothy Spencer
Music by	Musical director Alfred Newman
Production companies	Walter Wanger Productions, Incorporated A Tay Garnett Production
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	December 28, 1938 (1938-12-28)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$738,733
Box office	$964,404

Trade Winds is a 1938 comedy film distributed by United Artists. It was directed by Tay Garnett, and starred Fredric March and Joan Bennett. The screenplay was written by Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell and Frank R. Adams, based on story by Tay Garnett.

Plot

Former police detective Sam Wye is on the trail of socialite Kay Kerrigan who is accused of fatally shooting millionaire cad Thomas Bruhme. Kay has taken a ship to the South Seas followed by Sam, Sam's secretary Jean Livingstone as well as police detectives Ben "Homer" Blodgett and George Faulkner. Along the way, through various adventures, Sam and Kay fall in love, as do Homer and Jean. Sam eventually determines that the actual killer was a jealous husband whose wife was having an affair with Bruhme. Kay is thus cleared and free to marry Sam.

Cast

• Fredric March as Sam Wye
• Joan Bennett as Kay Kerrigan

• with Ralph Bellamy as Ben Blodgett
• Ann Sothern as Jean Livingstone
• Sidney Blackmer as Thomas Bruhme II
• Thomas Mitchell as Commissioner Blackton
• Robert Elliott as Detective George Faulkner

Release

The film earned a profit of $71,129.

External links

• Trade Winds at the TCM Movie Database
• Trade Winds at IMDb
• Trade Winds at Allmovie
• Still Photos from 'Trade Winds' by Ned Scott

Streaming audio

• Trade Winds on Lux Radio Theater: March 4, 1940
• Trade Winds on the Screen Directors Playhouse: May 29, 1949