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Sequel
  
Roar of the Iron Horse

Producer
  
Sam Katzman

Language
  
English

6.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Action, Crime

Music director
  
Mischa Bakaleinikoff

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

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Director
  
Spencer Gordon Bennet Thomas Carr

Writer
  
Charles R. Condon
,
David Mathews
,
George H. Plympton
,
Joseph F. Poland

Release date
  
November 2, 1950 (1950-11-02)

Directors
  
Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr

Cast
  
Buster Crabbe
,
Tommy Farrell
,
Lois Hall
,
Gene Roth
,
Tris Coffin

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Pirates of the High Seas (1950) is the 44th serial released by Columbia Pictures. It starred the heroic Buster Crabbe, along with Lois Hall and Tommy Farrell, under the direction of Spencer Gordon Bennet and Thomas Carr. It was a Sam Katzman production.

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Plot

Adventurer Jeff Drake sails to a Pacific island in aid of Kelly Walsh, an old friend whose freight line is being sabotaged by a ghost ship (such as the classic Flying Dutchman). Drake and Walsh's investigation concerns the search for Walter Castell, an escaped convict who stole 5 million dollars in diamonds at the close of World War II. Several other people, including Walsh's sister, all want to go to the island. Drake and his friends encounter multiple dangers when they are attacked by a gang also looking for the stolen diamonds led by the mysterious 'Admiral'...

Cast

  • Buster Crabbe as Jeff Drake *
  • Lois Hall as Carol Walsh
  • Tommy Farrell as Kelly Walsh
  • Gene Roth as Gov. Frederick Whitlock
  • Tristram Coffin as Walter Castell
  • Stanley Price as Lamar, Whitlock's aide
  • Marshall Reed as Shark Wilson, phantom cruiser thug-captain
  • Rusty Wescoatt as Adams, burly phantom cruiser thug
  • Terry Frost as Carter, Patrol 6 thug-driver
  • Pierce Lyden as Durk, Patrol 6 thug-leader
  • Neyle Morrow as Kalana
  • Symona Boniface as The Lotus Lady
  • Hugh Prosser as Roper, Jeff's first mate
  • Lee Roberts as Barker, phantom cruiser thug
  • William Fawcett as Ben Wharton
    • * This was the only serial in which Crabbe played an original character, rather than one adapted from another source.

    Production

    Pirates of the High Seas qualifies as both a sea and a jungle story, due to action taking place on uncharted islands.

    Chapter titles

    1. Mystery Mission
    2. Attacked by Pirates
    3. Dangerous Depths
    4. Blasted to Atoms
    5. The Missing Mate
    6. Secret of the Ivory Case
    7. Captured by Savages
    8. The Vanishing Music Box
    9. Booby Trap
    10. Savage Snare
    11. Sinister Cavern
    12. Blast from the Depths
    13. Cave In
    14. Secret of the Music Box
    15. Diamonds from the Sea

    Source:

    References

    Pirates of the High Seas Wikipedia
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    Pirates of the High Seas IMDb