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Actress Marguerite Snow had an unusual position in this film. She was the only actress in it! Most of the time, she plays the daughter of a headstrong millionaire played by Melbourne McDowell. Even though they were father and daughter in this film, they kind of reminded me of Mr. and Mrs. Thurston Howell from "Gilligan's Island". But there's more... Toward the end of the film, it turns out that the main character, played by future Tarzan Frank Merrill was actually Melbourne McDowell's son. Merrill reminisces back to an earlier time when he talks about how his mother had told him that his father was McDowell. The mother was played by none other than Snow! As for the movie itself, it starts off a bit differently than you might expect a movie of this title to have. There is action aboard a ship, but not right at first. The movie starts out with Merrill on a deserted island. He's soon joined by McDowell and Snow, who arrive on a rowboat. They're later joined by another guy played by Sailor Sharkey. Being a millionaire, McDowell expects to take charge, but Merrill shows him who's boss. However, he might have done well to have listened to McDowell a bit later in the film. Merrill and McDowell spot a ship. McDowell says they should signal for the ship, but Merrill says he's in charge and they will go out to the ship. Unbenownst to the trio, a mutiny has taken place aboard the ship. The head of this mutiny plans to have the crew walk the plank. They are soon joined by McDowell, Merrill and Snow. The head of the mutiny plans to have McDowell and Merill also walk the plank, sparing Snow because of her gender. Eventually, Merrill, with help of the original crew, manages to overthrow the mutineers, who I surmise must be the savages of the title. Except for Snow's feat, this movie doesn't have that much going for it. I'd suggest finding a better way to spend your time.