A yawnable South Seas love story that's only fair, despite yeoman work by Cooper. Haynes made her debut in the film, but her acting career was soon bypassed for behind-the-scenes work: she became a network TV executive, then a TV producer. It's the late 1920s, and Cooper is a soldier of
fortune meandering through the Polynesian islands. He lands on a small atoll which is run by Jones, a fire-and-brimstone missionary not unlike Walter Huston in RAIN. Jones has gone crazy from the heat and humidity and rules the natives with an iron fist and a Bible. He has several underlings who
make sure that the natives obey his rules which include full attendance and no dozing wh...
Released:
1953
Rated:
NR
Length:
100 mins