Lovely Jean Carmen stars as Nadine Miller, a young woman who is stranded on an island After the steamer she was on sank in a storm.
She is stranded on the island and faces several dangers from the wildlife until she is rescued by the crew of a tramp steamer looking for sunken treasure.
They find the treasure as well as trouble when several men of the crew try to take advantage of Nadine. The plot is very, very simple and straight forward.
I was amazed at the utter cheapness of this production. There are many, many rear projection shots , not just in cars, but with actors just standing in front of a screen talking. Now there is nothing wrong with that, however, it just doesn't work here. There are several shots wherein the projected image in the background is much larger than the actual actors.
In one scene it looks like the actors are talking while giants wonder around them!! The bar fight scene featuring Rondo Hatton is also incredible as it has scenes from another film quickly edited into the scene. That makes everything very disorienting.
This film was quite the experience and while not a bad story, the effects kinda make me wonder a bit. This is cheaper than anything PRC ever did. There is a lot of stock footage from "Jaws Of The Jungle" from the same company.
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