The Bribe

Standard but ever effective introduction of Ava Gardner (as "Elizabeth"), tune by Nacio Herb Brown and William Katz (dubbed by Eileen Wilson) in a Central American cafe, Robert Taylor as Treasury agent "Rigby," setting up with his self-immolating flashback narration, in MGM's The Bribe, 1949.

Still on the night of their first meeting, ex-pat Elizabeth (Ava Gardner) and Treasury agent Rigby (Robert Taylor), his job unknown to her, bring her dissolute husband (John Hodiak) home, then chat freely, in The Bribe, 1949, from a Fredrick Nebel story.

Rigby (Robert Taylor) continues his persistent narration as Bealer (Charles Laughton) approaches with a new offer in The Bribe, 1949, written by Marguerite Roberts from a Frederick Nebel story.

Lawman Rigby (Robert Taylor) continues his narration as Bealer (Charles Laughton) approaches with a proposition and Carwood (Vincent Price) appears in The Bribe, 1949.

A sultry singer (Ava Gardner) tries to tempt a federal agent (Robert Taylor) from the straight-and-narrow in The Bribe (1949).