COSY THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 February 1941, Page 2

COSY THEATRE

‘■OUTSIDE THE THREE MILE LIMIT

Set against a spectacular and kaleidoscopic series of backgrounds. Columbia's "Outside the 3-Mile Limit’; reveals itself as a colourful and exciting melodrama. It will be shown tonight at the Cosy. Jack Holt is starred in the new film as a daring G-Man who battles single-handed with a crew of villains. which include Harry Carey, Eduardo Ciannelli and Sig Rumann.

The story begins on board a palatial gambling ship which Holt is keeping under surveillance because it seems to be the source of a flood of counterfeit bills. Eduardo Ciannelli. the proprietor. surprises one of Holt's assistants at the safe, and murders the operative. The floating casino then puts to sea in an attempt to escape from justice. When the crew mutinies and Captain Harry Carey leads the fugitives as,liore to the hide-out of former Public Enemy Sig Rumann, the courageous G-Man finds the end of the trail. Before he can take command, however, the tables are turned, and the gangster factions join together in an effort to do away’ with the operative. Holt manages to convert his defeat into a triumph in thrilling fashion. For many decades the United States Navy won recruits with the slogan: ‘■Join the Navy and See the World." but now Warner Bros might well paraphase that slogan and advertise: "See Espionage Agent’ and you'll see the world." "Espionage Agent” the associate feature, is the timely Warner Bros, film with Joel McCrea. Brenda Marshall and Jeffrey Lynn, and it has such an international background that when Carl Weyl. the art director who was to design the sets, read the script, he told Lloyd Bacon, the director, that “Never have we had a script showing so many different cities and localities in so many different nations."