The behind-the-scenes debut of smalltime actor Ralph Brooke, whose directing career extended only as far as two subsequent shorts, this low-rent, uncredited riff on Richard Connell's much-adapted
The Most Dangerous Game features a curious cast of low-profile veterans and oddly assorted up-and-comers, notably future
Brady Bunch patriarch Robert Reed.
Two young couples -- Johnny (Reed) and Betty (June Kenny) and Pete (Eugene Persson) and Jeanne (Joan Lora) -- charter a small boat for some wholesome weekend fun. After drunken Captain Tony (Troy Patterson) passes out at the wheel, they impulsively take the ship's dinghy and set out for the apparen...
Released:
1959
Rated:
NR
Length:
89 mins