Crosswinds (1951)

Adventurer tries to recover gold from sunken plane.

Director:

Lewis R. Foster

Writers:

Lewis R. Foster (written for the screen by), Thomson Burtis (novel),

Stars:

John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, Forrest Tucker

Cast

Cast overview:
John Payne	...	Steve Singleton
Rhonda Fleming	...	Katherine Shelley
Forrest Tucker	...	Gerald 'Jumbo' Johnson
Alan Mowbray	...	Sir Cecil Daubrey
John Abbott	...	Algernon 'Mousey' Sykes
Robert Lowery	...	Nick Brandon
Frank Kumagai	...	Bumidai

Storyline

'Jumbo' Johnson hires Steve Singleton (and his boat, the "Seeker") to search for pearls on the coast of New Guinea. Johnson tricks Singleton, however, by supplying him with phony permits. Singleton loses his boat and is sentenced to jail. When released, Singleton teams up with boat-owners Daubrey and Sykes to find a downed plane and its cargo of gold bullion. While searching, they rescue one of the plane's passengers, Katherine Shelley, who's been captured by headhunters. Johnson now appears on the scene. Shelley guides him, Singleton, and the others to the underwater crash site. The gold is removed from the plane and now various schemes emerge as each man tries to gain control of it.

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Plot Keywords:

treasure | man in swimsuit | double cross | based on novel

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Genres:

Adventure

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

October 1951 (USA)

Also Known As:

Jungle Attack

Filming Locations:

Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park - 4150 S. Suncoast Boulevard, Homosassa, Florida, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pine-Thomas Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Although the story takes place is several locations, every time the characters are seen underwater, they are swimming in exactly the same place, with the same underwater growth, rocks, and sea shells.

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Soundtracks

"Crosswinds"
Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans

User Reviews

Six characters in search of a treasure...and all of them desperate double crossers!

Crosswinds will not disappoint adventure fans...it has 6 characters in search of an illegal treasure each wants to steal...sunken government gold. All these characters are desperate and find themselves in more and more dangerous circumstances as they double cross each other to jockey for survival. John Payne fans will be happy to see him strutting his prime beef, spending half the picture in swimming trunks as he dives for gold, fights off cannibals, and gets involved with lovely Rhonda. And there's plenty of action fighting off his competitors as well by making a devil's bargain with the scoundrel(Forest Tucker) who stole his yacht.