Nate and Hayes (Savage Islands) (1983)
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65% of users liked it
(514 ratings)
After wiping out half a village of native South Pacific tribesmen, Captain Bully Hayes (Tommy Lee Jones) is eventually captured, put in prison, and the rest of this swashbuckling action film is told in a series of flashbacks as he remembers the recent past. The lead-in scene may be off-putting, but… More After wiping out half a village of native South Pacific tribesmen, Captain Bully Hayes (Tommy Lee Jones) is eventually captured, put in prison, and the rest of this swashbuckling action film is told in a series of flashbacks as he remembers the recent past. The lead-in scene may be off-putting, but its larger context is soon revealed. Hayes had just left a young couple, Nate (Michael O'Keefe) and Sophie (Jennie Seagrove) on an island so they could set up housekeeping and follow in the missionary footsteps of an uncle, when the villain Ben Pease (Max Phipps) shows up, kidnaps Sophie and leaves her husband for dead. Pease runs into a German naval officer who feels it would be advantageous to join up with him -- so when Captain Hayes saves Nate and, the two go looking for Sophie, their enemies are formidable villains indeed. Laced with humor and acting in the grand pirate-movie tradition, Nate and Hayes has enough adventure and style to stay entertaining for its 100-minute running time. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ferdinand Fairfax
- Genres
- Action & Adventure
PG,
- In Theaters
- Nov 18, 1983 Wide
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Vincent Canby, New York Times
Tries unsuccessfully to be that buoyant, rollicking pirate movie we all remember having seen in our youth and which they don't make anymore.
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Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy
A mess, and more to be studied as the sort of thing to avoid than respected as a forgotten gem that needs a new audience. But boy is it ever hard to turn away.
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
Old fashioned but far from compelling...
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Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com
The movie shoots for light-hearted adventure but sinks like a lead anchor.
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Cast
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Tommy Lee Jones
as Capt. Bully Hayes
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Michael O'Keefe
as Nathaniel Williamson
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Max Phipps
as Ben Pease
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Jenny Seagrove
as Sophie
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Grant Tilly
as Count Von Rittenberg
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Peter Rowley
as Louis Beck
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Bill Johnson
as Reverend Williamson
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Kate Harcourt
as Mrs. Williamson
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Reg Ruka
as Moaka
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Roy Billing
as Auctioneer
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Bruce Allpress
as Mr. Blake
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David Letch
as Ratbag
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Peter Vere-Jones
as Gunboat Captain
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Mark Hadlow
as Gun Operator
- Robert Bruce
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Philip Gordon
as Timmy
- Peter Bell
- Peter Diamond
- Timothy Lee
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Karl Bradley
as Crewman
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Norman Fairley
as Pegleg
