AChris (Rita Hayworth) goes back to the guest house to look for her scarf but can't find it. She opens the door to leave and is met by Max, Franz (George Voskovec), Walters (Karel Stepanek), Veronica (Valerie Bettis), and Olaf (Gregg Martell). They lock her in a bedroom while they pack in preparation for leaving Trinidad now that their work is done. Meanwhile, Steve also packs up to leave Trinidad, still believing that Chris is going away with Max. Dominique (Juanita Moore) convinces him that Chris is not in love with Max and was, in fact, afraid of going to his house that evening. Steve sneaks into Max's house just as Olaf brings Chris downstairs to take her with them to the airport. Steve pulls a gun, and Chris runs to him. As Max tells Steve about Chris working for the Trinidad police, Franz sneaks up behind them and hits Steve in the head. As Steve falls, the gun goes off, shooting Max in the abdomen. Franz rushes to attend to Max. Knowing that he's wounded too seriously to travel, Max orders Franz, Walters, and Veronica to leave for the plane. Max has Olaf lock Chris in the bedroom and then take Steve out to the car, too. Just as they're about to get into the car, the police arrive and start shooting. Steve runs back into the house and fires several more bullets into Max. He then rushes upstairs to free Chris. In the final scene, Steve and Chris stand on the deck of an ocean liner having a final look at Trinidad as they sail away. 'You're going to find Chicago kinda cold after the tropics,' Steve says. 'Am I?' replies Chris. Steve takes her in his arms and they kiss.
AAt first, the police believed that Neil Emery committed suicide based on the gunshot wound to his head, but the coroner's report later determines that he died of a blow to the head and that the gunshot wound was inflicted after he was already dead. It's implied throughout the rest of the movie that Neil was working with Max Fabian (Alexander Scourby), who is known to deal in political intrigue such as recruiting saboteurs and selling military information. Fabian supposedly paid Neil by buying his paintings for much more than they were worth. However, it is never specifically explained how Neil was involved or why he was killed.
