Title: Mitchum and Russell Trapped in Dull Melodrama
Product review: The second pairing of Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell gets squandered in this RKO potboiler - a disappointing follow-up to "His Kind of Woman." Unfortunately, "Macao" (1952) generates little interest except for the potent Mitchum-Russell chemistry and the stylistic flourishes of director Josef von Sternberg (his last Hollywood film). An uncredited assist by Nicholas Ray could not salvage the routine effort.
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