Isle of Fury (1936)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Frank McDonald

Writers:

Robert Hardy Andrews (writer)
William Jacobs (writer)

Release Date:

10 October 1936 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure

Plot:

In the South Seas, Val Stevens and Lucille Gordon are getting married when a ship goes down offshore...

Plot Keywords:

Octopus | Rescue | South Seas | Ménage À Trois | Storm

Cast

Humphrey Bogart	...	Valentine 'Val' Stevens
Margaret Lindsay	...	Lucille Gordon Stevens
Donald Woods	...	Eric Blake
E.E. Clive	...	Dr. 'Doc' Hardy
Paul Graetz	...	Captain Deever
Gordon Hart	...	Antvar 'Chris' Anderson
George Regas	...	Otar
Sidney Bracey	...	Sam
Tetsu Komai	...	Kim Lee
Miki Morita	...	Oh Kay
Houseley Stevenson	...	The Rector (as Housley Stevenson, Sr.)
Frank Lackteen	...	Lanar, Old Native

Also Known As:

Three in Eden (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:S

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): As Val and Eric prepare to head off to the natives' island, Eric greets Val with "Good morning, Skipper," and Val responds to Eric with a hearty, "Good morning, Val".

Movie Connections:

Version of The Narrow Corner (1933)

Bogie tangles with an octopus.

An interesting south seas island adventure & romance with a young Humphrey Bogart in a uncharacteristic early leading role as a fugitive on the run but now living an honest & reformed life as a romantic adventurer. The movie has a rather good plot with some twists & surprises, a young handsome detective sent to get Bogart poses as a fugitive & we discover later that Bogart is the real fugitive instead. Bogart is very convincing & authoritative & even romantic in his role, a foreshadow of things to come. He even sports a mustache. This film bears a slight resemblance to "Red Dust", it has all the earmarks of a Clark Gable vehicle. The only weak aspect of the film is the ridiculous & laughable scene where Bogart gets attacked by an octopus. Bogart later denied ever making this movie, but the evidence is there & has survived. The scene would've had much more stronger impact if Bogart got attacked by a shark instead of an octopus, oh well that's Hollywood. This movie will appeal to die hard Bogart fans as well as to film buffs of B movies & obscure, forgotten movies. For only 60 minutes running time it's worth a viewing if you can find it. Good Luck!!!!!