The Secret of the Purple Reef (1960)
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17% of users liked it
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Two film neophytes are of note in this otherwise lengthy, routine murder mystery by director William H. Witney -- Peter Falk as Webber, the villain, and Richard Chamberlain as Dean, a younger brother to the main protagonist Mark Christopher (Jeff Richards). Mark and his brother become suspicious… More Two film neophytes are of note in this otherwise lengthy, routine murder mystery by director William H. Witney -- Peter Falk as Webber, the villain, and Richard Chamberlain as Dean, a younger brother to the main protagonist Mark Christopher (Jeff Richards). Mark and his brother become suspicious about the circumstances of their father's drowning death in the Caribbean. There is no reason why the family boat should have gone down in calm seas, none that seems free of foul play at least. So the brothers take off for the tropical island on which the boat had been moored, anxious to find out what really happened. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- William Witney
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Dec 11, 1960 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Passable routine adventure programmer.
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Cast
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Jeff Richards
as Mark Christopher
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Margia Dean
as Rue Amboy
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Peter Falk
as Tom Weber
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Richard Chamberlain
as Dean Christopher
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Philip Rosen
as Twine
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Terence de Marney
as Ashby
- Robert Earle
- Jerry Mitchell
