A sadistic, evil ship captain lusts after a beautiful young girl he spots in town. It turns out that she's the girlfriend of a young man whose father the captain had blinded and cast adrift on the ocean many years before.
Is this thing worth your time? Honestly, only if you have a soft spot for pre-Code melodrama where the villain is so cartoonishly bad you can’t help but watch him. If you like your movies polished or logically sound, you’re going to hate this. It’s got that weird, choppy rhythm that feels like someone edited it with a ...
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Otto Brower
Maurice Elvey
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"Is this thing worth your time? Honestly, only if you have a soft spot for pre-Code melodrama where the villain is so cartoonishly bad you can’t help but watch him. If you like your movies polished or logically sound, you’re going to hate this. It’s got that weird, choppy rhythm that feels like someone edited it with a pair of rusty garden shears. ✂️ The whole premise is basically: Bad Captain wants girl, girl is already taken, and the boyfriend’s dad has a history with the Captain that’s honest..."
Lee Chadwick, Paul Jones
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