Captain Calamity (1936) [Action] [Adventure] [Crime]
"
Captain Calamity" is an
American South Seas adventure film directed by
John Reinhardt and starring
George Houston released by
Grand National Pictures. It was filmed in an early color process called Hirlicolor at
Talisman Studios and
Santa Catalina Island, California.
A penniless ship's captain is taking a passenger ashore after their voyage. The passenger throws a gold coin in the ocean that he says has been bad luck to him as it was a gift from his ex-fiancee.
The Captain sends one of his men, an experienced underwater diver, to successfully retrieve it. The passenger explains that is a gold
Spanish doubloon and the
Captain is more than welcome to it.
Going ashore, the Captain decides to have some fun by telling stories indicating that he discovered four chests full of the coins, which
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