Review of Man from the South

I saw this 60 years ago and I remember it like it was yesterday. Peter Lorre, one of my favorite actors of all time, makes a proposition to two young people. The young guy, played by Steve McQueen, has a lighter he says always works. Lorre makes a proposal. If the guy can get the lighter to work ten consecutive times, Lorre will give him his convertible. There is some nice chemistry going on between young Stever and the Pretty Girl from Moscow, Idaho. Of course, the bet is by nature a suspense builder. But there is a fly in the ointment. The writing is fine and it works all the way to the end when fate intervenes. One of the best.