Set in the 1890s, West plays a brash barroom entertainer with a soft spot for men in trouble, especially the mission director, young Cary Grant. She unknowingly gets caught up in a murder, as well as a white slavery ring, and sets about clearing things up as only Mae can. In Between rescues she manages to perform some of her heated, hip-swinging classics including a steamy belting of "Frankie and Johnnie". Dripping in gems and low cut splendor, Mae is a delight for all of the senses. No one comes close to this lady's style of pure brazen wit and suggestive invitation to "come up and see her sometime."
- "Mae West, the unabashed queen of the double-entendre, is at her diamond-sparkling best in this feature film classic,"