Stars: Errol Flynn, Arthur Greenaway, Mayne Lynton
Director: Charles Chauvel
Writer: Charles Chauvel (scenario)
Errol Flynn made his screen debut as Fletcher Christian in this Australian feature which blends drama with documentary as it explores the infamous story of the H.M.S. Bounty! The documentary footage visits Pitcairn Island, the actual island where Christian and his men took shelter and visits with several islanders descendants of the Bounty’s crew.
Stars: Harald Austin, Paul L. Hoefler, Lowell Thomas
Director: Walter Futter
Writer: Walter Futter
Explorer Paul Hoefler leads a safari into central Africa and what was then called the Belgian Congo, in the regions inhabited by the Wassara and the famous Ubangi tribes.
Stars: Lon McCallister, Peggy Ann Garner, Preston Foster
Director: Phil Karlson
Writers: Morton Grant (screenplay), Dorothy Yost (screenplay)
A city boy arrives in his late mother’s birthplace to discover the locals have been pestered by drought, old fights and a cougar. He turns out to be pivotal in all of these.
A singer on a gambling ship is married to a wealthy playboy. When he is found murdered, all evidence points to her as the culprit, and she is put on trial for the crime.
Director: Howard Christie
Writers: Wilson Collison (play), Edward T. Lowe Jr. (screen story)
Stars: Paul Lukas, Leila Hyams, Don Dillaway
Stars: Angela Lansbury, Mark Stevens, Patric Knowles
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Writers: Hollister Noble (story)
Early in the War of 1812, Captain James Marshall is commissioned to run the British blockade and fetch an unofficial war loan from France. First mate Ben Waldridge recruits his former gun crew who begin plotting mutiny as soon as they learn there’ll be gold aboard. The gold arrives, along with it Waldridge’s former sweetheart, who has plans for gold herself!
From the director of 1954’s “The Caine Mutiny” starring Humphrey Bogart.