Horror Island
1941 · Movie · 60 min. · United States
Down-on-his luck entrepreneur Bill Martin and sidekick Stuff Oliver try to stay one step in front of creditors in their seedy waterfront office when they meet "The Captain," an idiosyncratic peg-legged old sailor. The Captain is convinced that the treasure of pirate Sir Henry Morgan is hidden somewhere in a castle on an offshore island recently inherited by Martin. His proof is a treasure map, half of which has been stolen by a mysterious Phantom who lurks in the shadows waiting for an opportunity to steal the other half. Sensing a moneymaking opportunity, Bill tries to recruit customers willing to pay $50 apiece for a "treasure hunt" outing to the "haunted" island. Among those signing up are heiress Wendy Creighton and her bored, ineffectual boy friend, a dimwitted police sergeant, a professor whose expertise is old maps, a wanted murderer and his moll, and Bill's cousin George...
Direction George Waggner
Cast Dick Foran · Leo Carrillo · Peggy Moran · Fuzzy Knight · John Eldredge · Lewis Howard · Hobart Cavanaugh · Walter Catlett · Ralf Harolde · Iris Adrian · Foy Van Dolsen · Emmett Vogan
Soundtrack Hans J. Salter
Screenplay Victor McLeod · Maurice Tombragel · Alex Gottlieb
Cinematography Elwood Bredell
Original title Horror Island
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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