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Director
  
Fred F. Sears

Cinematography
  
Gilbert Warrenton

Country
  
United States

4.2/10
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Genre
  
War, Drama

Produced by
  
Charles B. Griffith

Duration
  

Language
  
English

Ghost of the China Sea movie poster

Cast
  
David Brian
(Martin French),
Lynette Bernay
(Justine Woolf),
Norman Wright
(Rev. Darby Edwards),
Harry Chang
(Hito Matsumo),
Gene Bergman
(Sabatio Trinidad),
Jonathan Haze
(Larry Peters)

Release date
  
1958 (1958)

Writer
  
David Brian, Charles B. Griffith

Related Fred F. Sears movies
  
Mandy (1952), Fred F Sears directed Ghost of the China Sea and Badmans Country, Massacre Canyon (1954), Fred F Sears directed Ghost of the China Sea and Calypso Heat Wave, Fred F Sears directed Ghost of the China Sea and Sky Commando

Ghost of the China Sea is a 1958 American war film released by Columbia Pictures co-written by Charles B. Griffith set during World War II. It was the last movie directed by Fred F. Sears who died of a heart attack in 1957.

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Plot

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During World War II, Japanese troops over-run a sugar cane plantation in the Philippines. Some survivors take over a small boat called the USS Frankenstein and attempt to sail to safety.

Cast

  • David Brian as Martin French
  • Lynn Bernay as Justine Woolf
  • Jonathan Haze as Larry Peters
  • Norman Wright as Darby Edwards
  • Harry Chang as Hito Matsumo
  • Gene Bergman as Sabatio Trinidad
  • Kam Fong Chun as Pvt. Hakashima
  • Mel Prestige as Gaetano Gato
  • Jamie Del Rosario
  • Dan Taba as Capt. Zaikaku
  • Bud Pente as Col. McCutcheon

    • Production

    The film was the first of what was meant to be five movies made by Griffith for Columbia Pictures, but he ended up only making two - this and Forbidden Island. Both were shot on location in Hawaii.

    References

    Ghost of the China Sea Wikipedia
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    Ghost of the China Sea IMDb Ghost of the China Sea themoviedb.org