Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O'Keefe, Max Phipps

With the exotic South Pacific as a backdrop, this sylish actioner stars Tommy Lee Jones as an infamous buccaneer who joins forces with a young reverend to rescue a beautiful damsel. Shortly after Capt...( read more  read more... ). Bully Hayes (Jones) drops off soon-to-be-wed missionaries Nate (Michael O'Keefe) and Sophie (Jenny Seagrove) on an island, the villainous Ben Pease (Max Phipps) spirits away the bride-to-be. Can Nate and Hayes save Sophie from Ben's clutches?

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Directed by: Ferdinand Fairfax

Release Date: November 18, 1983

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DVD Release Date: June 20, 2006

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  • August 8, 2009
    Made before Tommy Lee Jones became a big star it was quite obviously the inspiration for Pirates of the Caribbean. It was released in the UK under the title SAVAGE ISLANDS but in some places it was called NATE & HAYES. However, shame on Paramount for not exploiting it better. I k...( read more)now they had a lot riding on the not dissimilar Indiana Jones films but this is a cracking adventure and deserves better treatment (and why oh why has it not been seen on UK television for about 15 years?).
  • January 3, 2008
    A movie from my past. A favorite.
  • January 27, 2008
    liked this one, action, adventure
  • November 21, 2007
    Wow! What a pirate movie, so much better than those modern Johnny Depp sci-fi Pirate ones! Tommy Lee Jones is one charming debonair pirate at the turn of the last century, with great villains and gadgets. Too many funny lines and action sequences in this one, even the romantic su...( read more)bplot was hilarious too!
  • September 26, 2007
    My favorite Tommy Lee Jones movie
  • September 23, 2007
    Oh Hell I really wanna see this Movie. I cannt get it anywhere. Its soooooo hard to find it. Even not on VHS. Ahhxchhh.."GRRRRRRRR..
  • July 19, 2007
    A rather decent pirate movie. Well, I like it.

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