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28 April 1953 (USA) moreTagline:
ADVENTURE...SPECTACLE...SAVAGE LOVE! (original print ad - all caps)Plot:
The Dutch East Indies, at the end of the nineteenth century. An adventurous captain of an American merchant... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
A Mini-De Mille moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Fred MacMurray | ... | Capt. Boll |
 | Vera Ralston | ... | Kim Kim |
| Robert Douglas | ... | Saint Ebenezer / Pulo Besar |
| Victor McLaglen | ... | O'Brien |
| John Russell | ... | Flint |
| Buddy Baer | ... | King |
| Claude Jarman Jr. | ... | Chess |
| Grant Withers | ... | Jason Blue |
| Howard Petrie | ... | Reeder |
| Paul Fix | ... | Wilson |
| William Murphy | ... | Ahab |
| Sujata | ... | Dancer |
| Philip Ahn | ... | Gusti |
| Stephen Bekassy | ... | Lieutenant |
| Keye Luke | ... | Pidada |
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92 minCountry:
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Filming Locations:
CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USAFun Stuff
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A sort of mini-De Mille picture from Republic studios, A Fair Wind To Java is a fast-moving adventure story set in the south seas. Fred MacMurray is excellent as the hero, really quite at home in the sort of costume picture role one wouldn't expect to find him in. What absurdities there are in the story are offset to a large degree by the actor's surprising moral authority as the humane captain. Vera Ralston is lovely if unexceptional as the heroine. The supporting cast is fine and energetic. As always, the Lydecker brothers provide superb special effects on a limited budget. Overall, a watchable, old-fashioned movie, if a tad anachronistic for the fifties. The ending provides genuine spectacle, and is well worth the wait.