A “triangle” set on the background of Pacific Coast fishermen hard lives, with the impending danger of the sharks which contend with Robinson the main role. An unfamous, but absolutely remarkable Hawks’ film.
“We think the performance by E.G.Robinson as a Portoguese fisherman complete with the accent may be the finest of his career, in one of the few early sound films to be done on locations, Hawks with the help of Tony Gaudio has attempted to make the characters a part of their surroundings in what is probably one of the most visually integrated Hollywood films of the time.” (G.Peary, S.Graark in The Velvet Light Trap, n. 1,1970)