Moment of Danger [a.k.a. Malaga] (1960)

 

Starring:

• Dorothy Dandridge
• Trevor Howard
• Edmund Purdom

Storyline
Crime drama with a dash of romance begins with a tense opening, a jewel theft is carried out almost without a word of dialog. One of the thieves, Trevor Howard an expert locksmith plagues by a stint in prison, has been coerced into helping the master thief Peter pull off the heist. Now that success is at hand, Peter double-crosses Trevor and dumps his lover Dorothy Dandridge and takes off for Spain with the loot.