The central concept on which this film's plot was based is not new, and was already present on the 1782 novel The Dangerous Liaisons, by Choderlos de Laclos. A closer source would be a 1933 play by Kenyon Nicholson and Charles Robinson named Sailor, Beware!, and adapted to film three times before this one. No credit is given for those works, though.
A G.I. stationed in West Germany (presumably at around the same time when the film was released) has plans of starting his own nightclub once he returns to America. He places a bet on a fellow soldier who says he can spend the night with a certain German dancer. But that soldier gets transferred...
The musical numbers with the male lead are OK, and are satisfactorily tuned to the plot. There are also two nice solo dance numbers featuring the female lead. As for the script, it is painfully mild and uninspired.
Rating: 31
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