The Devil Pays Off is a 1941 American spy thriller film directed by John H. Auer and starring J. Edward Bromberg, Osa Massen and William Wright.

[3] The former naval lieutenant Chris Waring is awakened by the police late time and delivered to Admiral Curtiss, his former commander.

The op is about the shipowner Arnold Debrock, who sold ships to the United States but later got manipulated by enemy powers in a mysterious way.

Since Curtiss knows that Chris is successful with women, he asks him to flirt with Debrocks's wife Valerie Avancen.

Chris initially refuses to participate, but he changes his opinion in a short while after seeing Valerie boarding a ship to Havana and takes up the pursuit of the beautiful woman.

Meanwhile, Chris learns that Carlos Castillo-Martinez, whom he regarded as a craftsman, actually belongs to the Cuban military secret service and is also involved in the investigation against Debrock.