Ebb Tide (1937)

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Technicolor is the main attraction of this overheated South Seas adventure. Ray Milland, Akim Tamiroff and Barry Fitzgerald play three shifty sailors who commandeer a smallpox-ridden boat and set out to sea. A typhoon washes them ashore on a faraway Pacific island, which is ruled by a white… More Technicolor is the main attraction of this overheated South Seas adventure. Ray Milland, Akim Tamiroff and Barry Fitzgerald play three shifty sailors who commandeer a smallpox-ridden boat and set out to sea. A typhoon washes them ashore on a faraway Pacific island, which is ruled by a white religious fanatic (Lloyd Nolan) who has set himself up as the local god. The three sailors anxiously await an opportunity to appropriate the "god's" valuable stash of pearls and head for the mainland. Only one of the sailors escapes to tell his story; check out the cast list and guess which one survives. The third filmization of Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osborne's novel, Ebb Tide is rough going until Lloyd Nolan shows up to deliver the picture's best and subtlest performance. The story would be filmed again in 1947 as Adventure Island. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 34 min.
Directed By: James P. Hogan
Genres: Action & Adventure

In Theaters: Dec 25, 1937 Wide

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Cast

            Oscar Homolka as Capt. Therbecke

            Frances Farmer as Faith Wishart

            Ray Milland as Robert Herrick

            Lloyd Nolan as Attwater

            Barry Fitzgerald as Huish

            Arthur Allen
            
            Lina Basquette as Attwater's Servant

            Robert T. Haines as Man

            Olaf Hytten as English Tourist

            Charles Judels as Port Doctor

            Al Kikume as Native Policeman

            Joe Molina as Native Sailor

            Inez Palange as Native Woman

            Antrim Short
            
            Bernard Siegel as Waiter

            Leonard Sues as Native Boy

            David Torrence as Tapena Tom

            Harry Field as Tahiera

            James Spencer as Cook

            Jack George as Band Leader

            Jacques Vanaire as Assistant Port Doctor

            Gloria Williams
            
            Eugene Beday as Port Officer

            Sonny Chorre as Attwater's Guard

            George Piltz as Sally Day

            Don Wayson
            
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