An American diplomat returning home on a ship finds the woman with whom he had spent an evening while in Hong Kong hiding in his apartment. She is a stowaway and wants to emigrate to America.
Romantic comedy in a style which is close to those screwball comedies of the 1930s -- not surprising, since the screenplay was written around that time. It's an agreeable film which flows nicely and even warrants some laughter, in spite of a few dissonant chords -- e.g. the valet's "wedding night" which tries to be funny but fails. When you think about it, this is a kind of Madame Butterfly without the racial issue, and thus minus the tragic element.
Rating: 58
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