Adventure Island

Two scoundrels, "Captain David Lochlin" (Paul Kelly) and "Mr. Huish" (John Abbot), have been forced off of a ship and left on a semi-populated tropical island to fend for themselves. They happen to save a gentleman named ""Mr. Herrick" (Rory Calhoun) from quicksand who vows to repay them for their kindness. Not long afterward a ship comes along flying a yellow flag of pestilence and in serious need of a captain to get to their destination. David Lochlin agrees to sail it to Sydney but then reneges on his promise, steals the ship and cargo, and changes course to Peru in order to sell everything there. What he doesn't realize is that the owner's daughter "Faith Wishart" (Rhonda Fleming) has been hiding in the cabin and overhears Captain Lochlin's plans. At any rate, rather than divulging the rest of the story I will just say that this turned out to be a typical B-Movie for its day. The movie is a bit short (only 66 minutes), the acting was only average and it was filmed in black and white. Now, I'm not complaining about the latter and I fully understand that color film was quite a bit more expensive during this time. But the fact is that black and white film simply doesn't do justice to Rhonda Fleming or the beautiful tropical scenery. I'm just telling it like it is. All things considered then, I rate this film as about average.