A ruthless pirate captures the keeper of a lighthouse, in the most southern city in Argentina. His goal is obvious and horrific. He plans to control the lighthouses signals in a way that the passing ships will be crushed on the rocks.
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Title: The Light at the Edge of the World (1971)
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| Kirk Douglas | ... | Denton | |
| Yul Brynner | ... | Kongre | |
| Samantha Eggar | ... | Arabella | |
| Jean-Claude Drouot | ... | Virgilio (as Jean Claude Drouot) | |
| Fernando Rey | ... | Captain Moriz | |
| Renato Salvatori | ... | Montefiore | |
| Massimo Ranieri | ... | Felipe | |
| Aldo Sambrell | ... | Tarcante (as Aldo Sanbrell) | |
| Tito García | ... | Emilio (as Tito Garcia) | |
| Víctor Israel | ... | Das Mortes (as Victor Israel) | |
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Antonio Rebollo | ... | Santos (as Tony Skios) |
| Luis Barboo | ... | Calsa Larga (as Luis Bar Boo) | |
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Tony Cyrus | ... | Valgolyo |
| Raul Castro | ... | Malapinha | |
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Oscar Davis | ... | Amador |
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Pirates take over a lighthouse on a rocky island. They then execute a devious plan to cause ships to run aground, pillaging their wrecks. A lone member of the lighthouse crew survives, and he deperately fights their plot. A shipwrecked maiden that avoids the pirates slaughter soon complicates the situation. Written by John Rutkai <jrutkai@learningtree.com>
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29 October 1971 (Spain) See more »Also Known As:
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The movie's source novel "Le Phare du bout du monde" translates into English as "The Lighthouse at the End of the World" but the movie was not called this but instead The Light at the Edge of the World (1971). See more »Goofs
When being sunk in the end, Kongre's ship is obviously a miniature. Besides, some damage is visible before the impacts (particularly noticeable when the ship is hit in the waterline). See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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I once owned this movie on VHS and while it's been many years since I've laid eyes on it, I remember it well - and that, for me, is generally the sign of a good movie. Some of the criticisms levelled by fellow armchair critics are valid (e.g.overlong) but it's still a very picturesque and curious movie that's definitely worth a look.
Douglas is fairly restrained as the sole survivor of a remote island lighthouse, besieged by pirates led by the pitiless Yul Brynner, his clan of bandits opportunistically decide to use the lighthouse to misdirect approaching ships into the rocks where they can pilfer the payloads. Samantha Eggar plays one such shipwrecked maiden taken as a romantic gesture by Brynner, and who Douglas (who's taken refuge in a subterranean cave with his pet monkey), must try and free.
Reasonably violent, though it's Jules Verne inspired, it's not the typical family fare you might expect. Little dialogue and a fairly loose plot might not convince some audiences, but overall I remember it to be quite a sombre picture, with a few cruel twists and a fiery conclusion. Great cast as well with support including Fernando Rey and the familiar faces of Aldo Sambrell, Victor Israel and American ex-pat in Spanish pictures, John Clark.