I haven't read the Herman Melville novel on which this is ostensibly based but am guessing it's not very faithful. Still this isn't a bad story - about a curse on a sea captain whose greedy crew is after some pearls.
Ron Randell gets a rare Hollywood leading man part as the decent member of the ship.
There's some poor performances like the girl who plays the daughter of the captain. It isn't in colour - the production values are like a Jungle Jim movie, which works on its own terms, it just helps to know going in. There's some awkwardly inserted stock footage.
The director really likes scenes of two people talking intently to each other in close up. It's not always ideal for a south seas adventure.
Theres some decent action at the end to be fair this edition ran 57 minutes.
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