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Harbor Lights

  • 19631963
  • 1h 8m
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5.6/10
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Harbor Lights (1963)
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  • Mystery
Dan Crown arrives in San Juan to visit his brother Alex, only to learn from the police that Alex has been found murdered.Dan Crown arrives in San Juan to visit his brother Alex, only to learn from the police that Alex has been found murdered.Dan Crown arrives in San Juan to visit his brother Alex, only to learn from the police that Alex has been found murdered.
IMDb RATING
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12
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  • Director
    • Maury Dexter
  • Writer
    • Harry Spalding
  • Stars
    • Kent Taylor
    • Miriam Colon
    • Jeff Morrow
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  • Director
    • Maury Dexter
  • Writer
    • Harry Spalding
  • Stars
    • Kent Taylor
    • Miriam Colon
    • Jeff Morrow
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    • 2User reviews
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    Kent Taylor
    Kent Taylor
    • Dan Crownas Dan Crown
    Miriam Colon
    Miriam Colon
    • Gina Rosarioas Gina Rosario
    Jeff Morrow
    Jeff Morrow
    • Cardinalas Cardinal
    Antonio Torres Martino
    • Captain Acostaas Captain Acosta
    José de San Antón
    • Father Rivaas Father Riva
    Braulio Castillo
    Braulio Castillo
    • Manoloas Manolo
    Ralphie Rodriguez
    • Alex Crownas Alex Crown
    Allan Sague
    • Hotel Clerkas Hotel Clerk
    Art Bedard
    • Captain Aristarchusas Captain Aristarchus
    • (uncredited)
    José Manuel Caicoya
    • Morticianas Mortician
    • (uncredited)
    Tito García
    Tito García
    • Cardinal's Manas Cardinal's Man
    • (uncredited)
    Luis Antonio Martínez
    • Vallejoas Vallejo
    • (uncredited)
    Victor Mohica
    Victor Mohica
    • Cardinal's Manas Cardinal's Man
    • (uncredited)
    Roberto Rivera Negrón
    • Storekeeperas Storekeeper
    • (uncredited)
    Alfredo Pérez
    • Cardinal's Manas Cardinal's Man
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Maury Dexter
    • Writer
      • Harry Spalding
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    Dan Crown arrives in San Juan to visit his brother Alex, only to learn from the police that Alex has been found murdered.
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    • Taglines
      • Each Light Spelled Danger in the Harbor of No Return!
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      • Action
      • Mystery
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    8/10
    Maury Dexter's Balmy little Neo Noir
    Director Maury Dexter's only lasting Hollywood fingerprint is having been a permanent assistant producer and sporadic director of LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE...

    But in the early 1960's he turned out a great number of little films with genres ranging from Westerns, Beach comedies, and, as in the case of the very obscure HARBOR LIGHTS, New Noir crime flick starring Kent Taylor, the film begins with a younger man with a similar tiny-mustache that Kent usually dons in Dexter's villainous roles - for instance, the sparse cowboy picture, WALK TALL...

    And this is one of those waterfront thrillers in the style of TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT. Or any type of balmy Noir; here taking place/filmed at San Jan, Puerto Rico while not making much use of the exterior location despite the deliciously pulpy title with a dime-novel approach, most of the scenes are handed off from interior locations where guns are drawn, fists fly, last names tossed around, and in this case a treasure that Kent's intrepid pawn, Dan Crown, acts like he knows the whereabouts of despite the fact his brother (the mustached guy in the intro) is as estranged from the family as can be... being dead and all, which got the plot rolling...

    And this is really a gambling picture despite only one quick scene involving Jeff Morrow's lead villain in a hotel casino where most of the interior running-around takes place. But our hero does have to desperately venture into the dusty streets lined with old stucco buildings; and he eventually winds up in an oceanic boat chase... But what makes these HARBOR LIGHTS really shine is Twentieth Century Fox's THUNDER ISLAND Spanish fox Miriam Colon as ingenue Gina Rosario...

    Who'd later play Al Pacino's angry mother in SCARFACE and is more recently known within the BREAKING BAD universe as Tuco's soap opera addicted grandma on the first episode of BETTER CALL SAUL. And here, many decades earlier and quite a beauty, she starts out not trusting Taylor but winds up trying to keep him out of harm's way: in particular, from Jeff Morrow's character, simply referred to as Cardinal and who she had some kind of past with...

    Perhaps she's a former gun moll, though it's never quite explained, fitting nicely with Kent's likewise mysterious anti hero in this extremely hard-to-find crime programmer that remains intriguing from beginning to end...

    And it could have been much longer although the charm of these b-pictures is the short run-time: everything that needs happening happens in the amount of time of a television melodrama, made solely to entertain, liken to Dexter's Dexter's best cinematic features, RAIDERS FROM BENEATH THE SEA and AIR PATROL, that this hit-and-miss thriller needed to more closely emulate: remaining one of those rare flicks that hasn't any cult following, or a decent transfer.
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    • Release date
      • July 1963 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Puerto Rico
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Production companies
      • Associated Producers (API)
      • La Cooperative De Artes Cinematograficos, Producciones Del Viejo San Juan
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 8 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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