A colorful bit of silliness takes the viewer to the 1820's old south as it most likely never existed, and dealing with piracy, gamblers, sword fights and little of what resembles history. Looking like a more masculine version of Rita Hayworth with a little bit of Maureen O'Hara thrown in, hot tempered gambling ship proprietor Patricia Medina accepts the services of handsome Lex Barker who wants to prevent his father, John Dehner, from going to debtor's prison.
As her servant, Barker puts up with all sorts of humiliations, mainly from her jealous foreman Warren Stevens, but it's obvious that the rugged Tarzan to be has won this part of the stubborn Medina. It's revealed that pirates are raiding plantation sugar crops, and Barker is determined to catch the culprit, at first suspecting Medina who has ties with Mississippi pirates.
Filled with hokum but enjoyable, this colorful Columbia B adventure was produced by legendary Sam Katzman who tossed out dozens of movies a year and was directed by William Castle several years before he became the master of macabre and the guider of the gimmick, hemming camp classics like "The Tingler" and "13 Ghosts". It's probably more relevant of a film because of that reason than anything that is seen on screen although the cast is handsome and the production striking. But there's hardly anything in the film to make it a classic, so I guess I'll just have to settle for fun but forgettable as my description of what it has to offer.
As her servant, Barker puts up with all sorts of humiliations, mainly from her jealous foreman Warren Stevens, but it's obvious that the rugged Tarzan to be has won this part of the stubborn Medina. It's revealed that pirates are raiding plantation sugar crops, and Barker is determined to catch the culprit, at first suspecting Medina who has ties with Mississippi pirates.
Filled with hokum but enjoyable, this colorful Columbia B adventure was produced by legendary Sam Katzman who tossed out dozens of movies a year and was directed by William Castle several years before he became the master of macabre and the guider of the gimmick, hemming camp classics like "The Tingler" and "13 Ghosts". It's probably more relevant of a film because of that reason than anything that is seen on screen although the cast is handsome and the production striking. But there's hardly anything in the film to make it a classic, so I guess I'll just have to settle for fun but forgettable as my description of what it has to offer.