His Majesty O'Keefe (1954)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.1/10   

Director:

Byron Haskin

Escritores:

Borden Chase (screenplay)
Gerald Green (suggested by a novel)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

16 enero 1954 (USA)

Género:

Acción | Aventura | Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

Adventure Beyond The Fabulous! Two Years In The Making! All Of It Actually Filmed In The Fiji Islands!

Plot:

A Yankee sea captain has adventures in paradise trying to become an entrepreneur in Micronesia.

Plot Keywords:

Island | Micronesia | Copra | 1870s | Chinese Junk

Comentarios de los usuarios:

The King Of Yap

Reparto

Burt Lancaster	...	Captain David Dion O'Keefe / Narrator
Joan Rice	...	Dalabo aki Dali
André Morell	...	Alfred Tetins (as Andre Morell)
Abraham Sofaer	...	Fatumak, Medicine Man
Archie Savage	...	Boogulroo
Benson Fong	...	Mr. Chou
Tessa Prendergast	...	Kakofel
Lloyd Berrell	...	Inifel
Charles Horvath	...	Captain Bully Hayes
Philip Ahn	...	Sien Tang, Dentist
Guy Doleman	...	Herr Weber
Grant Taylor	...	Lt. Brenner
Alexander Archdale	...	Bob Harris
Harvey Adams	...	Herr Friedlander
Warwick Ray	...	Garcia

También conocida como:

Su majestad de los mares del Sur (Spain) [es]

Duración:

91 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Clasificación:

West Germany:12 (f) | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #16084) | Sweden:15 | UK:U

Locaciones de Filmación:

Fiji Islands, Fiji

Compañía:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Citas:

Alfred Tetins: Now you know why they put the music in that silly old cigar box.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Ronde de nuit (1984)

Banda de Sonido:

EMERALD ISLE

The King Of Yap

Right on the heels of his first Academy Award nominated performance in From Here To Eternity came this film which was a return to the more traditional roles Burt Lancaster did in his early years. Besides the charismatic actor's presence, His Majesty O'Keefe boasts some splendid location photography in the Fiji Islands. And most of you thought it was Marlon Brando who discovered the South Seas in that remake of Mutiny on the Bounty.

The year is 1870 and Captain O'Keefe (Lancaster) is set adrift by his mutinous crew in the same manner John Wayne was in Wake of the Red Witch. But he manages to be rescued on the island of Yap by the natives and given shelter by German missionary Andre Morrell.

Lancaster's not a man to pass an opportunity up when he sees all the unpicked coconuts around which will yield the valuable copra. The trick is to get the natives to work for it. Before long Lancaster is mixing in the political situation on Yap among the various tribal chiefs and in the European politics where all kinds of powers are making their presence felt in the South Pacific.

In fact the South Seas were undergoing colonization then much like Africa and Asia. By the end of the 19th century even before the Spanish American War when we took over Spain's colonies there, we were among many powers like the British, Germans, French, Spanish, and the Japanese who were expanding into the Pacific.

Because he leads a rescue of the island from out and out slavers led by Charles Horvath, Lancaster is proclaimed a King of Yap. But the crown carries responsibilities and people who resent him having it.

Lancaster playing a larger than life role and the splendid location cinematography of Fiji make His Majesty O'Keefe fine viewing and it holds up well today. A must for Burt Lancaster's many fans.