The Bribe
The Bribe is a 1949 American film noir directed by Robert Z. Leonard and written by Marguerite Roberts, based on a story written by Frederick Nebel. The drama features Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton, and Vincent Price.
Plot
Federal agent Rigby (Robert Taylor) travels to Los Trancos on the island of Carlotta (somewhere off the coast of Central America) to break up a war-surplus aircraft engine racket and finds himself tempted by corruption, namely Elizabeth Hintten (Ava Gardner), a café singer married to Tug Hintten (John Hodiak), a drunken ex-pilot.
More details
| author | Marguerite Roberts |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Caribbean |
| director | Robert Zigler Leonard |
| editor | Gene Ruggiero |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | central america federal agent married |
| musicBy | Miklós Rózsa |
| producer | Pandro S. Berman |
| publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| theme | film noir spy |