The Come On

The Come On is a 1956 American film noir directed by Russell Birdwell and starring Anne Baxter, Sterling Hayden and John Hoyt.

While fishing on a Mexican beach Dave Arnold (Sterling Hayden) meets beautiful Rita Kendrick (Anne Baxter).

A first date is easily fixed, but very soon Rita ends it and leaves the perplexed Dave's fishing boat, after she asked him to kiss her.

He witnesses a staged marriage scene in the nearby restaurant: Harley Kendrick feigns drunkenness, behaves exceptionally rudely and slaps his wife.

Upon learning that he has been cuckolded, Harley Kendrick (John Hoyt) fakes his own death by exploding a boat in the hopes of framing Rita for the murder.