One of those films you watch going “that must have been fun to make” but then think and go “but it must have been logistically hard”. It’s shot in Hawaii and the main feature of the movie is beautiful scenery, lovingly shot in colour. Usually in such a setting you have comedy and romance – here there is a gangster melodrama, with a yacht carrying a bunch of holidaying crooks, some of whom knock over a plantation.
It’s not much of a story, Dead Calm lite, but surprisingly well constructed, dialogue, etc (Charles Griffith was one of the writers). Beverly Garland is pretty and makes an interesting character, a drunken moll who is a nice person. Richard Denning’s hero ship captain is a little dull. Dick Miller is one of the crooks. People get knocked out, shot, there are punches. It isn’t very inspired, it lacks humour (apart from a scene where a dopey gangster attempts to pick up a Hawaiian girl in his thick gangster accent and his mate goes “sorry mate but she only speaks English”). Sam Arkoff has a small role - one line, and he's dubbed!
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