Underworld king Lee Lother has been killed aboard a ocean liner, several people could have been the murderer. There is his mistress Anya Roysen, a married woman, who was jealous of his flirtations with his old moll, night club singer Sally Marsh, who had agreed for one last night with Lother, to get her younger brother Ned out of the Lother's clutches because he has faked Lother's name on a check to pay his gambling debts.
If you love old-school 1930s mysteries but also wouldn't mind a random fifteen-minute tap dance routine in the middle of your crime story, you should probably watch Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round tonight. But if you want a tight, serious whodunit that actually makes sense, you will absolutely hate how this movie keeps ha...
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"If you love old-school 1930s mysteries but also wouldn't mind a random fifteen-minute tap dance routine in the middle of your crime story, you should probably watch Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round tonight. But if you want a tight, serious whodunit that actually makes sense, you will absolutely hate how this movie keeps halting the plot to let people sing. 🚢 It is basically a murder mystery set on a ocean liner, but the studio also decided to cram a whole radio variety show into the script. The re..."
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