William Powell as the girl's Father, was very good and it was his third to last film. He retires in 1955, two years later. Elizabeth Taylor is building her "acting chops" in this film. She is good. Think of this film as leaning towards being a melodrama. At 69 minutes long, it is short but with good cinematic tension. Fernando Lamas is fine as the hoodlum, love interest. Both Fernando Lamas and Elizabeth Taylor look incredibly beautiful and sexy! James Whitmore is surprisingly good as the best friend but a part of the syndicate . This is one of his early films but he carries himself wonderfully! This film is not heavy on depth as many of the classic films of the 1950's are known have. I enjoyed myself. The film held my interest. 5 out of 10 stars!

And it isn't.William Powell is a tough criminal lawyer. He may not have a lot of scruples but he has money. And he wants the best for his daughter, played by the ravishing young Elizabeth Taylor. Truly, she has hardly ever looked more beautiful than she does here.She is, as the title suggests, spoiled. And she decides she wants Daddy's recent client, gangster Fernando Lamas. She already has Gig Young but Lamas is more dashing, if a real cad.Everyone is good. It has a solid plot. The direction moves things along briskly. The score by Andre' Previn is exceptional.If you don't have access to "A Place In the Sun," probably Taylor's most famous movie from this period,, catch this one. You will be knocked out by her beauty. And her acting is good, too.

If you are a fan of the once beautiful Elizabeth Taylor and her great acting skills, this is a film to sit back and ENJOY! There is lots of sexy sax playing and the musical score of Andre Previn creates the mood for this picture. Elizabeth Taylor,"The V.I.P.'s,'63, is the daughter of William Powell,"Another Thin Man",'37, who is a very successful lawyer who had represented the gangsters of NYC and wants to retire. However, he is a heavy drinker and tries to protect his daughter, Elizabeth Taylor from Fernando Lamas,"The Lost World",'60, the kingpin of the hoods. Gig Young,"Game of Death",'78 is very much in love with Taylor, but she is putting him on the back burner, so to speak! It was great to see how young and beautiful Taylor and Lamas were together and in one scene near the pool, the director showed how sexy they could be for a 1953 film! Gig Young had a great supporting role and it was unfortunate that he had to take his own life and his new bride in a tragic ending in NYC!

This film is a good example of standard MGM output in the early 1950s - still glossy, with good production values, but dramatically no great shakes. It is perhaps most notable as being William Powell's final film at MGM. Although it must have been appealing to Powell to play the same part that won Lionel Barrymore an Oscar in 1931 (for A Free Soul), the writer of this film let Powell down with a routine script. Also notable is André Previn's score, which seems unnecessarily lush at times given the routine nature of the production.