Face the Thunder (2014)

Actors: Anthony Hornus (actor), DJ Perry (actor), DJ Perry (producer), DJ Perry (writer), Dennis Therrian (editor), Dennis Therrian (composer), Tyler Mane (actor), Nadia Dawn (actress), Renae Geerlings (actress), Terry Bomar (miscellaneous crew),

Genres: Action, Drama, History,
Taglines: Prepare to FACE THE THUNDER!!

The Conjuring (2013)

Actors: Steve Coulter (actor), Ron Livingston (actor), Barbara Harris (miscellaneous crew), Tammy Arnold (miscellaneous crew), Patrick Wilson (actor), Vera Farmiga (actress), Lili Taylor (actress), John DeMita (miscellaneous crew), Ursula Brauner (miscellaneous crew), Kristin M. Burke (costume designer), Cate Hardman (miscellaneous crew), Megan Hollingshead (miscellaneous crew), Ingrid Johanson (miscellaneous crew), Chris Edgerly (miscellaneous crew), Christopher Cozort (actor),

Plot: In 1971, Carolyn and Roger Perron move their family into a dilapidated Rhode Island farm house and soon strange things start happening around it with escalating nightmarish terror. In desperation, Carolyn contacts the noted paranormal investigators, Ed and Lorraine Warren, to examine the house. What the Warrens discover is a whole area steeped in a satanic haunting that is now targeting the Perron family wherever they go. To stop this evil, the Warrens will have to call upon all their skills and spiritual strength to defeat this spectral menace at its source that threatens to destroy everyone involved.

Keywords: apparition, attempted-murder, based-on-true-story, bitten-in-the-face, blindfolded, blood-vomiting, bruise, bumping-head, catholic-priest, character's-point-of-view-camera-shot
Genres: Horror, Thriller,

Quotes:

Ed Warren: We've been called ghost hunters. Paranormal researchers. Wackos.::Lorraine Warren: But we prefer to be known simply as Ed and Lorraine Warren.

Carolyn Perron: There is something horrible happening in my house.

Lorraine Warren: You have a lot of spirits in here, but there is one I'm most worried about because it is so hateful.

Cindy: There's a lady in a dirty nightgown that I see in my dreams. She's standing in front of my mom's bed.

April: When the music stops, you'll see him in the mirror standing behind you.

Rory: Want to play a game of hide and clap?

Lorraine Warren: Do you remember the thing you said on our wedding night?::Ed Warren: Can we do it again?::Lorraine Warren: No! The other thing, that God brought us together for a reason.

Ed Warren: The devil exists. God exists. And for us, as people, our very destiny hinges on which we decide to follow.

Christine: [a demonic presence, surrounded by a foul stench, lingers in the air] Stop farting. It really stinks.::Nancy: Don't blame that on me, it's you.

Narrative: Since the 1960s, Ed and Lorraine Warren have been known as the world's most renowned paranormal investigators. Lorraine is a gifted clairvoyant, while Ed is the only non-ordained Demonologist recognized by the Catholic church. Out of the thousands of cases throughout their controversial careers, there is one case so malevolent, they've kept it locked away until now.

Son of a Don (2010)

Actors: Joel Michaely (actor), Carlo Rota (actor), Ron Gilbert (actor), Heidi Jo Markel (producer), Michael Ohoven (producer), Gary Private (actor), Andy Scott Harris (actor), Michael Koerbel (producer), Mu Sun (editor), Henry Winterstern (producer), Kevin Turen (producer), Ashley Martin (actress), Eric Edmonds (producer), Wil Philip (actor), Greta Charness (actress),

Genres: Comedy, Short,

Quotes:

Avi: These people are peasants.

Solomon (1997)

Actors: Vivica A. Fox (actress), Maria Grazia Cucinotta (actress), Max von Sydow (actor), Anouk Aimée (actress), Vadim Glowna (actor), Thom Hoffman (actor), Umberto Orsini (actor), Roger Hammond (actor), David Suchet (actor), Dexter Fletcher (actor), G.W. Bailey (actor), Stefan Gubser (actor), Ben Cross (actor), Luca Bernabei (producer), Stefania Rocca (actress),

Plot: David, now an old man, is still king of Israel. Among his sons, the ambitious Adonijah and the clever Solomon. The two young men are fierce rivals, since both are prospective heirs to the throne and only one can be successful. During a hunting expedition, Adonijah challenges his younger brother Solomon to a chariot race. While Solomon, though brave, still retains a modicum of caution, the daredevil Adonijah is eager to win at all costs -- and loses control of his chariot. Solomon takes the seriously injured Adonijah back to Jerusalem. On the way there they meet the attractive Abishag, who despite her youth is versed in the use of healing herbs. She actually succeeds in helping the prince. Adonijah falls in love with Abishag -- but Bathsheba arranges things so that she works for David, hoping that her youth, her beauty and her healing powers will soothe the old king's suffering. Several members of the influential priesthood and also the respected army general Joab, who served David loyally for many years, support Adonijah's claim to the throne-- even though David has still not made any decision with regard to a potential successor. The battle-experienced Joab regards Solomon as an indecisive weakling, under whose leadership the kingdom would soon fall apart. When the prophet Nathan finds out about Adonijah's conspiracy he informs Bathsheba and Solomon, who urge David to take immediate action. And so it comes to pass that preparations to anoint the future king of Israel are made both at the Spring of Enrogel, where Adonijah and his men are encamped, as well as in Jerusalem. The festive procession for Adonijah has already been assembled and the people enticed with delicious delicacies to cheer him on, when the news of Solomon's coronation reaches Enrogel. The people promptly acknowledge the will of King David and stream off to Jerusalem in their hordes to greet Solomon, their future ruler. Adonijah remains behind with a handful of loyal followers. He realizes that he has lost -- for the time being. Humbly he places his life in his brother's hands. Adonijah is forgiven on one condition: that he always remains loyal to his brother Solomon. The great King David is dead, and his son Solomon has succeeded him as the rightful ruler of Israel. Adonijah now has a request to make of Bathsheba: he wants to marry Abishag. Solomon hears about this seemingly innocent wish, and recognizes it as a renewed ploy on behalf of his brother to reclaim the throne -- Adonijah's marriage to the last woman to share King David's bed would strengthen his political position considerably. Solomon knows that he has to act quickly and decisively if he is to secure his own power. He has his brother Adonijah and the latter's closest associate Joab executed. After this radical decision, Solomon withdraws to present sacrifices. In a dream the Lord appears to him and grants him the fulfillment of a wish, whatever it may be. Solomon merely asks for wisdom -- in order to become a good ruler and judge. War with Egypt is looming. To arm his kingdom against the territorial ambitions of its powerful neighbors, Solomon not only introduces several reforms but also decides to marry the daughter of the pharaoh. The Egyptian princess does not remain Solomon's only wife, however: as time goes by the king marries numerous noble women from many different countries for political and economic reasons. In this way he preserves peace for his people, and creates great prosperity. By allowing the women to continue practicing their domestic customs and religious rituals in Jerusalem as well, he comes into regular conflict with the priesthood, who see the foreign religions as endangering Israel's sole covenant with the Lord. The wisdom granted to Solomon by God becomes fully evident when the king sits in judgment. One day two harlots each claim to be mother of the same baby. Solomon's decision seems utterly cruel: he says that the child should be cut in two so that each woman receives half. Solomon can now determine who the real mother is from her reaction: she will not allow her child to be harmed. Solomon hands the child back to its true mother amid cheers of approval. One of the most important tasks handed down to Solomon by his father David is building the great Temple to house the Ark of the Covenant. It has to be larger and more magnificent than all other temples in the world, and Solomon now sets about fulfilling his father's wish. He places Jeroboam in charge of the Israelite workers as chief overseer. Seven years later, the work is completed. The expensive construction materials have been brought from far-off lands, and the people of Israel have paid exceedingly high taxes without complaint in order to finance the construction work. The Ark of the Covenant can now finally be taken to the Temple in a triumphant procession. After so many years of wandering, the Israelites' most sacred possession now has a fixed home of its own. People stream to Jerusalem from across the entire country to celebrate the great day. Abishag, now married, comes too and brings her family. Solomon has decided to mingle among the people in disguise, and he and Abishag are overjoyed when they accidentally meet again after so many years. The Temple makes Jerusalem and its king famous throughout the world. Even the dark-skinned Queen of Sheba sets off with a large retinue to visit the wise and cultivated Solomon and admire his magnificent city. The admiration turns out to be mutual: Solomon, captivated by her beauty, falls deeply in love with her. The two of them have a child, Menelik, but one day the Queen of Sheba decides to leave. She does not want Menelik to be deprived of the regal dignity awaiting him in his home country. Solomon stays behind, with a heavy heart. The king has now achieved everything he set his heart on, but with the passing of the years the wise Solomon gradually becomes a melancholy, skeptical old man who regularly questions his very existence. Material things seem to represent the only reality for him. He also refuses to adopt any kind of steady policy, especially in religious matters. With his foreign wives, Solomon sacrifices to foreign gods, and this incurs the wrath of the priesthood. The loyal Jeroboam appeals to his king's conscience, but to no avail. During one of Solomon's sorties in disguise among his people, a simple farmer reminds him of the first of the Ten Commandments revealed by the Lord to Moses: "You shall have no other gods before me." At another decisive moment, God Himself speaks to Solomon and announces the punishment for his sinfulness: the kingdom will collapse after Solomon's death. The king has grown old and weary. He has lost touch with the people of Israel, who are suffering from heavy taxation and forced labor. Solomon has treated his long-standing companion Jeroboam, to whom he entrusted the administration of the northern tribes, with murderous anger ever since a prophet predicted the division of the kingdom to him. The king no longer has the strength to change things -- he just leaves them as they are. The consequences of this become clear shortly after his death. Solomon's son and successor Rehoboam treats the country's leaders with arrogance, and provokes the division of the kingdom into two parts: the only tribe still loyal to him is that of Judah, while all the others unite under Jeroboam. The prophecy has been fulfilled. The kingdom that Solomon received from his father David, and invested with such might and magnificence, is now divided.

Keywords: 10th-century-b.c., ancient-israel, armor, battle, battlefield, biblical, character-name-in-title, chariot, chariot-race, combat
Genres: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History,

King David (1985)

Actors: Carl Davis (composer), Alice Krige (actress), Massimo Sarchielli (actor), Edward Woodward (actor), Lorenzo Piani (actor), Bruce Beresford (director), Marino Masé (actor), David de Keyser (actor), Tomas Milian (actor), David Graham (actor), Jean-Marc Barr (actor), George Eastman (actor), Richard Gere (actor), Luciano Tartaglia (miscellaneous crew), June Randall (miscellaneous crew),

Genres: Adventure, Biography, Drama, War,

Quotes:

[first lines]::Saul's guard: The king cannot speak with you now. He is engaged in the affairs of state.::Samuel: Since when have the affairs of state taken precedence over the affairs of God? [shoves his way past and enters Saul's throne room]::Saul: ...Samuel. We welcome you. With God's blessing, our victory is complete.::Samuel: Is THIS how you show Him your gratitude... by robbing the Amalekites of their women and cattle? By holding their king in chains?::Saul: We were discussing a possible treaty. The king is to be ransomed...::Samuel: A *treaty?* *Ransom?* Saul, for this you have betrayed your own soul in the sight of God. His instructions were plain enough: "... Spare nothing from the sword." [beheads the Amalekite king]... When our tribes clamored for a king, to make us like other nations, I answered them: "We are not like other nations. The Lord of Hosts is both our God and our King." The people said, "We want a king we can see. We want a king of our own flesh and blood." [holds up the severed head] Here are your kings of flesh and blood. Here is a king you can see. [throws the head at Saul's feet]

Saul: [over the defeated Goliath] An entire army at my command. Yet it takes a shepherd boy to wipe out our disgrace.

Saul: [to David, when they first meet] Have you seen Him? Face to face? I saw Him... once. He smiled on me, too. But at daybreak He was gone.

Goliath's Captain: Slaves of a nameless God, once again I gring you the challenge of Goliath of Goth, champion of the Philistines. Where is your faith in your God? Where is your trust in His protection? You boast that He can move mountains, and yet He cannot move one man among you to defend His honor. Six times have we challenged you to put forward a champion, and six times have you cowered in silence. Send down a champion, and whoever wins the combat wins the day for his country and his God. Well, Israelites, what is your answer? [Nobody speaks out]... Then let all the world bear witness. There is no God in Israel!

Jonathan: ...Is Israel governed by a king, Father, or by the whims of a senile old prophet?::Saul: You cannot have the one without the other.::Jonathan: And who's to say that Samuel is not a false prophet?::Saul: If Samuel is a false prophet, I'm a false king. It was Samuel who annointed me, even as he has rejected me.::Jonathan: The people still look to you as their king, Father. They have not rejected you.::Saul: ...What was his name? The man who wrestled with me until daybreak.::Abner: What man, My Lord?::Jonathan: It was only a dream, Father.::Saul: Well, if it was a dream, send in my musician; let me dream on.

Samuel: God is not a man that He should deceive you... The Lord does not see as man sees. Men judge by outward appearances, but the Lord judges by the heart alone. [to David] You kneel before me as the shepherd of your father's flock, but God has chosen you... to be the shepherd of His people Israel, to unite His scattered tribes into one nation... and to send the heathen from His promised land.::Young David: My brothers are all soldiers. Why not choose one of them?::Samuel: It was not I who chose you. It was the Lord God of Israel.::Young David: I am the least in my father's house.::Samuel: You are a child after God's own heart.::Young David: If I stand so well in His sight, why not let Him command me face to face?::Jesse: Because no man may see God face to face and live. God speaks to man through the mouths of His prophets.::Samuel: So be it. When I have gone the way of all flesh, you shall be brought before the king by one of his sons. Then shall the Lord challenge you, even as you have challenged Him, to defend His name and His honor. Have no fear, David. The Lord shall not forsake you so long as you keep His laws and obey His prophets without question.

Jesse: Any man can teach, but David's are the gifts of God.

Saul: ...Hear how Jonathan warbles in praise of the cuckoo bird, David, who has fed from my table and now lies with my daughter... David has robbed me of my God, my people, even my children. What else can he take but my crown...? So long as David lives, neither I nor Jonathan nor the throne shall be safe... Samuel anointed him in my place! David! The boy I trusted and loved as my own son.::Jonathan: Then be glad of it! Give thanks that the future of Israel belongs to a man worthy of your love.::[Saul throws a javelin, just missing him]

David: Come with me to the sanctuary at Nob. We have a covenant of friendship between us.::Jonathan: I also have a covenant of honor between my father and myself. I would lay down my life for you willingly, but I cannot break faith with my father *or* with you. You have the love of One far greater than I [the Lord of Hosts] to care for you. My father has no one.

Saul: [at Nob, shortly after David has escaped] Abner, I want these priests killed, one by one, until their high priest "remembers" where David is, or is going. Then the killing will stop.::Abner: No soldier would carry out such an order. These priests...::Saul: THESE PRIESTS are maggots! In carrion! Fattening themselves on the offerings people give to the Lord! They are traitors, every one of them! And so is any soldier who refuses to obey the king's command. [He runs his javelin through one soldier who couldn't bring himself to slay the priests] Will no one obey the king? [Another soldier volunteers] It takes a gentile to obey. [the second soldier kills several priests, but still no one "remembers" David's whereabouts, so Saul kills the high priest with his javelin]

And David Wept (1971)

Actors: Sherrill Milnes (actor), Jerome Schnur (director), Pamela Ilott (producer), Ara Berberian (actor), Ezra Laderman (writer), Ezra Laderman (composer), Joe Darion (writer), Rosalind Elias (actress),

Genres: Musical,

Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)

Actors: Freddie Jones (actor), Ann Skinner (miscellaneous crew), Peter Finch (actor), John Schlesinger (director), Richard Rodney Bennett (composer), Alan Bates (actor), Terence Stamp (actor), Julie Christie (actress), Peggy Ann Clifford (actress), Julian Somers (actor), Derek Ware (miscellaneous crew), Derek Ware (actor), Peter Stone (actor), Thomas Hardy (writer), Frederic Raphael (writer),

Plot: Based on Thomas Hardy's 19th century novel, Bathsheba Everdene is a willful, passionate girl who is never satisfied with anything less than a man's complete and helpless adoration. And she captures the lives and loves of three very different men: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer who is captivated by her beauty and proposes marriage; William Boldwood, a prosperous man in his early forties and a confirmed bachelor; and Sergeant Frank Troy, a handsome, reckless swordsman given to sudden fits of violence.

Keywords: 1860s, 1870s, 19th-century, attempted-suicide, based-on-novel, beach, british-countryside, british-soldier, canceled-wedding, carnival
Genres: Drama, Romance,
Taglines: Her romance with three men becomes a bold adventure [UK theatrical] A willful passionate girl and...the three men who want her!

Quotes:

Gabriel Oak: At home by the fire, whenever I look up, there you will be. And whenever you look up, there I shall be.

Bathsheba Everdene: [to her farmhands] There's ten shillings for anyone who wants to stay, and no hard words for anyone who wants to go.

Bathsheba Everdene: [to her workers] Don't anyone suppose that because I'm a woman, I don't understand the difference between bad goings-on and good. I shall be up before you're awake, I shall be afield before you're up, and I shall have breakfasted before you're afield. In short, I shall astonish you all.

Bathsheba Everdene: I've been checking the records. We've never had so many lambs come to maturity as this year. Not ever.::Gabriel Oak: Well, we've been lucky, Ma'am.::Bathsheba Everdene: I'VE been lucky!

Sgt. Francis 'Frank' Troy: [to Bathsheba] A woman like you does more damage than she can conceivably imagine.

Joseph Poorgrass: [Very drunk] Well, I got a slight attack of the multiplying eye.

Sgt. Francis 'Frank' Troy: [to Bathsheba] This woman is more to me dear than you ever were... or are... or could be.

Liddy: [about Boldwood] He is married to his farm. That's the truth of it.::Temperence: There's no woman can touch him, Miss. 'Tis said he has no passionate parts.

Boy practicing prayer on way to church walking near Bathsheba as she is waking up in the woods.: Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness. And put upon us the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life... Author: The Revd Dr Peter Toon, The Book of the Common Prayer 1549. For the four weeks of Advent.

Solomon and Sheba (1959)

Actors: Gina Lollobrigida (actress), Jean Anderson (actress), Finlay Currie (actor), Félix de Pomés (actor), Harry Andrews (actor), David Farrar (actor), Yul Brynner (actor), Laurence Naismith (actor), José Nieto (actor), Julio Peña (actor), Tyrone Power (actor), John Crawford (actor), George Sanders (actor), Virgilio Teixeira (actor), Tyrone Power (producer),

Plot: Shortly before his death in ancient Israel King David has a vision from God telling him that his younger son Solomon should succeed him as king. His other son Adonijah is unhappy and vows to attain the throne. Meanwhile the Egyptian Pharoah agrees to cede a Red Sea port to the Queen of Sheba is she can find a way to destroy Solomon, whose wisdom and benevolent rule is seen as a threat to more tyrannical monarchs in the region. Sheba, Pharoah, Adonijah, the leaders of the Twelve Tribes and his own God make life difficult for Solomon who is tempted by Sheba to stray.

Keywords: 10th-century-b.c., altar, ancient-israel, armor, army, assassin, attack, based-on-book, based-on-novel, based-on-the-bible
Genres: Drama, History, Romance, Romance, War,
Taglines: Behold! The love story of the ages! Only once in 3000 years...anything like...

Quotes:

Adonijah: You and your Sheban slut have defiled the fair name of Israel.

Pharaoh: And how will you destroy Solomon?::Sheba: It is said that Solomon is wise. But no matter how wise he may be, he is still human, with a human weakness.::Pharaoh: Surely the way of a woman is beyond understanding.::Sheba: The way of a woman is simple, my lord. It is always to follow the way of a man.

Abishag: How interesting your encampment is. Are your people always so carefree and gay?::Sheba: We enjoy life and pleasure. Don't you?::Abishag: Oh yes, we do. But we are... an austere people. We tend to be more serious.::Sheba: And your king... is he also serious?::Abishag: King Solomon has a great responsibility.

Solomon: In the last few days, I have shown you much of Israel. But you have not told me anything of your own country.::Sheba: At the moment, my own land seems as distant as the stars.::Solomon: In my youth, I used to dream of visiting all the faraway kingdoms of the earth.::Sheba: And now, instead, the rulers of those countries come to you.

Solomon: From the first, I knew that behind those lovely eyes is the brain of a very clever woman, who could never have traveled eight hundred leagues without a purpose.::Sheba: You have found me out. How could I hope to deceive you? I have been trying to entrap you, with these (shakes arms), to bind you with soft chains, so that I may do with you as I will.::Solomon: Every woman demands a price from a man.

Solomon: Nothing must come between us.::Sheba: Not even our gods? I knew this moment would come, for the things we believe in are not the same.::Solomon: I had hoped that in time you would come to accept Jehovah.::Sheba: As King of Israel, would you abandon the god of your people for mine?::Solomon: Still, I dared hope.

Elder: I charge you, Solomon, to cleanse yourself of this iniquity you have permitted to spawn in Israel.::Another elder: Abjure this woman and her idolatries. Tear down the obscene abomination she has erected!

God: But if he turn away and forsake my statutes, then I will pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given, and this house which is high shall be an astonishment to everyone who crosseth it, so that he shall say, "Why has the Lord done naught onto this land and onto this house?" And it shall be answered, "Because they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of Egypt, and raised them on hallowed grounds, and worshiped them, and served them - therefore has he brought all this evil upon them."

David and Bathsheba (1951)

Actors: David Newell (actor), Johnny Duncan (actor), Harry Carter (actor), James Craven (actor), Cyril Delevanti (actor), Sean McClory (actor), John Burton (actor), Lumsden Hare (actor), Holmes Herbert (actor), Dennis Hoey (actor), Teddy Infuhr (actor), James Robertson Justice (actor), Francis X. Bushman (actor), Raymond Massey (actor), Paul Newlan (actor),

Plot: Though David has all the wealth, power, wives & children inherent for the King of Israel he does not have what he craves most: the true love of a woman who loves him as a man instead of as King. He is attracted to Bathsheba, the wife of one of his soldiers who is more devoted to army duty than to his wife. David & Bathsheba succumb to their feelings. Their affair, her resulting pregnancy, & David's resolve to have her husband killed so Bathsheba will be free to marry, bring the wrath of God upon the kingdom. David must rediscover his faith in God in order to save Bathsheba from death by stoning, his kingdom from drought & famine, & himself from his many sins.

Keywords: 10th-century-b.c., 23rd-psalm, adulteress, adulterous-wife, adultery, ancient-israel, annointing, ark-of-the-covenant, attraction, bath
Genres: Drama, History, Romance,
Taglines: Mighty as Goliath! Fiery as their Love! For this woman... he broke God's own commandment! Mighty as Goliath!

Quotes:

Joab: Sire?::King David: Hmmm?::Joab: You're wounded. Let me call for a physician.::King David: No, no, let it alone. It's a long time since I've shed any blood. It's good to have proof that it still runs in my veins.

King David: Your sarcasm is wasted. We both know that royalty is a fraud.::Michal: It was no fraud when my father was king.::King David: And I've never denied that Saul was every inch a king.::Michal: [bitterly] And his successor every inch a fraud!::King David: I will not argue that either.

Bathsheba: Perhaps you would prefer truth to honesty, Sire.

Bathsheba: [as David tries to kiss her in an open field] No, David! The boy! He'll see us!::King David: [David looks at the shepherd boy] No matter. Shepherd boys learn early about life.::Bathsheba: Did you, David?::King David: Did I what?::Bathsheba: Learn about life early?::King David: Before I was 12, I knew everything there was to know about life. At 12 I'd killed wolves... at 13 a man.

King David: Michal, I cannot find it in my heart to blame you for what you do... but you, Absalom, my son, have I given you cause to hate me so?

King David: That soldier who laid his hands on the Ark - he was only trying to be helpful.::Nathan: It is not for us to question the ways of the Lord.::King David: I question nothing, yet the sun was hot that day, the man had been drinking wine, all were excited when the ark began to fall. Is it not possible that the man might have died naturally from other causes?::Nathan: All causes are from God!

Adventure Island (1947)

Actors: Howard A. Smith (editor), Rory Calhoun (actor), Alan Napier (actor), Julian Rivero (actor), Douglas Spencer (actor), Rhonda Fleming (actress), William H. Pine (producer), William C. Thomas (producer), Maxwell Shane (writer), Robert Louis Stevenson (writer), Darrell Calker (composer), Sam Newfield (director), John Abbott (actor), Paul Kelly (actor), Tony Urchel (actor),

Plot: Rory Calhoun, Paul Kelly and John Abbot are beachcombers/semi-derelicts on an unnamed but well-policed tropical island. Kelly, a sea captain in disgrace, is ordered to pilot a ship full of champaigne to Sydney, that has been lying in the harbor since its captain and most of the crew died of plague. He takes the other two along and plans on sailing elsewhere to sell the cargo. After anchors aweigh, they discover that Rhonda Fleming, the daughter of the deceased captain, is on board. This complicates matters, as does a fire on board, as does the discovery that the champaigne cargo is really water. They arrive at an uncharted island ruled by Alan Napier, a sophisticated British gentleman who is several cards short of playing with a full deck. Crazy as a bedbug. More complications arise, such as snake pits and acid-assassination attempts. Napier likes to keep his island tidy...something Sam Newfield was unable to do with this film as the director. At PRC, he was used to Buster Crabbe and "Fuzzy" St. John riding in and connecting the dots.

Keywords: bare-chested-male, based-on-novel, boat, boat-captain, evil-man, island, jail-cell, madman, quicksand, remake
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance,

Quotes:

Mr. Herrick: [to Attwater] You're nothing but a murderous madman!