Val rescues Captain Deever and Eric Blake from a shipwreck. Eric saves Val from an octopus.
Is this worth a watch? If you have a soft spot for 1930s B-movies where everyone talks like they are in a radio play, sure. It’s short, punchy, and moves along without bothering to ask too many questions about logic. If you need tight, modern pacing, you will probably be bored to tears within twenty minutes. The whole...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Frank McDonald
J. Gordon Edwards
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"Is this worth a watch? If you have a soft spot for 1930s B-movies where everyone talks like they are in a radio play, sure. It’s short, punchy, and moves along without bothering to ask too many questions about logic. If you need tight, modern pacing, you will probably be bored to tears within twenty minutes. The whole thing kicks off with a shipwreck. It is standard stuff, but the way they film the rescue is surprisingly gritty for the era. Then, we get the octopus scene. Yes, an octopus. It’s ..."
Miki Morita
Robert Hardy Andrews, William Jacobs, W. Somerset Maugham
United States
Adventure, Romance
