Of the 35 movies in my Netflix queue Hell Ship Mutiny was the one with a "Very Long Wait." Eventually it came and I'll rate it 6/10; a pretty good 65 minute B-movie that kept our interest.
Jon Hall plays the captain of a small ship in the South Seas that gets involved with trouble natives are having with a band of gunmen (led by John Carridine) who have enslaved the natives for dangerous and deadly pearl diving. Things will go from bad to worse when the captain tries to transport the captured gunmen to the authorities in Tahiti.
The thing about 55 to 65 minute B-movies by Republic and others is that yes they're made on the cheap but they involve the viewers' interest. Compare "Hell Ship Mutiny" in its current condition, faded and using "best available surviving materials" with the bloated, loud and idiotic movies of 2010 ("Inception" for example) and I'd give my thumbs up to the well-made B-movie. I scored "Inception" at 2/10 but truly it wasn't that good.
Jon Hall plays the captain of a small ship in the South Seas that gets involved with trouble natives are having with a band of gunmen (led by John Carridine) who have enslaved the natives for dangerous and deadly pearl diving. Things will go from bad to worse when the captain tries to transport the captured gunmen to the authorities in Tahiti.
The thing about 55 to 65 minute B-movies by Republic and others is that yes they're made on the cheap but they involve the viewers' interest. Compare "Hell Ship Mutiny" in its current condition, faded and using "best available surviving materials" with the bloated, loud and idiotic movies of 2010 ("Inception" for example) and I'd give my thumbs up to the well-made B-movie. I scored "Inception" at 2/10 but truly it wasn't that good.