An Englishman sought for murder escapes to South Seas island.An Englishman sought for murder escapes to South Seas island.An Englishman sought for murder escapes to South Seas island.
William V. Mong
- Jack Swan
- (as Wm. V. Mong)
Everett Brown
- Oo Tan, a Crewman
- (uncredited)
Corky
- Street dog
- (uncredited)
Hans Fuerberg
- Policeman with Constable
- (uncredited)
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian
- Barfly
- (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
- Man Fred Killed
- (uncredited)
Josef Swickard
- Dutch Constable
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaBoth after the opening and before the ending credits, the following quotation of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus - (121-180), Meditations. iii. 10 - is depicted on-screen: "Short, therefore, is man's life; and narrow is the corner of the earth wherein he dwells."
- GoofsThe harbor shows a large ship. The entrance to the harbor is barely wide enough for the small sailing ship to go through.
- Quotes
Fred Blake: I want life to be fair. I want life to be brave and honest. I'm not willing to stand by while the good are punished and the wicked go scott free. I want all men to be descent. Surely, that's not asking too much.
Doctor Saunders: I don't know. It's asking more than life can give. Remember the words of Disraeli, Youth is a blunder, Maturity is struggle, and Old Age are a grit.
- ConnectionsVersion of Isle of Fury (1936)
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Lethargic
Unevenness of pace and the lack of any real pizzazz in the script keep this pre-Code effort from being engaging, despite its short run time (just 69 minutes). The film is lethargic in its setup, and eventually we see the main character's backstory in a diagonal split-screen flashback, but not until about the 45 minutes point. He's killed a man, and is now trying to keep out of sight by being taken out into the South Sea by a dyspeptic skipper, that is, until a storm takes him to an island. There he meets a young woman, her suitor, and a cantankerous old man. The film eventually rushes at breakneck speed through melodramatic events that stem from a love triangle and a couple of other subplots, but the weak setup hinders their impact. Pretty Patricia Ellis and shirtless (and at one point nekkid) Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. try to boost the sagging story and they have their moments I suppose, but it's not enough. Very forgettable.
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- Oct 10, 2020
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Storm över söderhavet
- Filming locations
- Fisherman's Cove, Laguna Beach, California, USA(Beach Fairbanks swims to)
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- Budget
- $240,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 9 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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