The rampant male chauvinism in A Girl in Every Port might be hard for contemporary audiences to stomach, but fans of director
Howard Hawks will be delighted.
Victor McLaglen and
Robert Armstrong play Spike and Salami, two sailors who become close pals but only after dukeing it out over a dame. Together, Spike and Salami travel all of the world in search of women and adventure and women. Their friendship is sorely tested when Spike decides to settle down to marry French fortune hunter Marie (
Louise Brooks), but eventually Salami convinces his pal that this "skirt" just ain't worth it. Famed exotic dancer
Sally Rand co-stars as one of the heroes' many sexual conquests. A Girl in Every Port was remade two years later as
Goldie, with
Spencer Tracy,
Warren Hymer and
Jean Harlow. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide