Fair Wind to Java (1953)

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1h 32min
Action, Adventure
28 Apr 1953 (USA)
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In 1883, an American merchant ship's captain is searching for a treasure in diamonds from a sunken Dutch ship in the vicinity of a volcanic island in the Dutch East Indies.

Director:

Joseph Kane

Writers:

Richard Tregaskis, Garland Roark

Stars:

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Still of Fred MacMurray and Vera Ralston (I) in Fair Wind to Java (1953)

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	Fred MacMurray	...	Capt. Boll
	Vera Ralston	...	Kim Kim
	Robert Douglas	...	Saint Ebenezer / Pulo Besar
	Victor McLaglen	...	O'Brien
	John Russell	...	Flint
	Buddy Baer	...	King
	Claude Jarman Jr.	...	Chess
	Grant Withers	...	Jason Blue
	Howard Petrie	...	Reeder
	Paul Fix	...	Wilson
	William Murphy	...	Ahab
	Sujata Rubener	...	Dancer (as Sujata)
	Philip Ahn	...	Gusti
	Stephen Bekassy	...	Lieutenant
	Keye Luke	...	Pidada
	Virginia Brissac	...	Bintang
	Richard Reeves	...	Hoppo Two
	John Halloran	...	Guard
	Howard Chuman	...	Guard
	Mailoa Kalili	...	Guard
	Al Kikume	...	Guard
	Chuck Hayward	...	Sailor
	Blackie Whiteford	...	Sailor
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Abdullah Abbas	...	Besar Crewman (uncredited)
	Fred Aldrich	...	Helmsman (uncredited)
	Gene Coogan	...	Guard (uncredited)
	Leonteen Danies	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Jimmy Dime	...	Sailor (uncredited)
	John George	...	Besar Crewman (uncredited)
	Vic Groves	...	Native (uncredited)
	Chester Hayes	...	Native (uncredited)
	Robert 'Buzz' Henry	...	Besar Crewman (uncredited)
	Paul King	...	Messanger (uncredited)
	Daniel Nunez	...	Native (uncredited)
	Harvey Parry	...	Besar Crewman (uncredited)
	Max Reid	...	Native (uncredited)
	Ray Spiker	...	Sailor (uncredited)
	Charles Sullivan	...	Sailor (uncredited)
	Chalky Williams	...	Sailor (uncredited)

Directed by

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Joseph Kane

Written by

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Richard Tregaskis	...	(screenplay)

Garland Roark	...	(novel)

Produced by

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Joseph Kane

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associate producer

Music by

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Victor Young

Cinematography by

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Jack A. Marta	...	director of photography (as Jack Marta)
Michael Doyle	...	(uncredited)

Editing by

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Richard L. Van Enger

Art Direction by

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Frank Arrigo

Set Decoration by

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John McCarthy Jr.
George Milo

Costume Design by

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Adele Palmer

Makeup Department

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Peggy Gray	...	hair stylist
Bob Mark	...	makeup supervisor

Production Management

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John Grubbs

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unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Robert G. Shannon

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assistant director (as Robert Shannon)

Sound Department

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Dick Tyler Sr.	...	sound (as Dick Tyler)
Howard Wilson	...	sound

Special Effects by

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Howard Lydecker	...	special effects
Theodore Lydecker	...	special effects
Norman O'Skeete	...	special effects (uncredited)

Stunts

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Karl 'Killer' Davis	...	stunt double: Howard Petrie (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward	...	stunts (uncredited)
Paul Stader	...	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Alric Edens	...	assistant camera (uncredited)
Bud Thackery	...	camera operator (uncredited)

Music Department

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Sidney Cutner	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
Ned Freeman	...	additional orchestrator (uncredited)
Frank Perkins	...	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Leo Shuken	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
Stanley Wilson	...	composer: additional music (uncredited) / orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Joan Eremin

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script supervisor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Dwight Franklin	...	technical advisor
Herbert J. Yates	...	presenter
Asoka Rubener	...	dance stager (uncredited)
Sujata Rubener	...	technical advisor (uncredited)

Crew believed to be complete

Production Companies

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Republic Pictures (I)

Distributors

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Republic Pictures (I) (1953) (United States) (theatrical) (as Republic Pictures Corporation)
Empire Universal Films (1953) (Canada) (theatrical)
Republic Pictures International (1953) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
Republic Pictures de México (1953) (Mexico) (theatrical)
Republic Films of C. A. (1953) (Panama) (theatrical)
Republic Pictures of Philippines (1953) (Philippines) (theatrical)
Republic Films Argentina (1953) (Argentina) (theatrical)
Gloria Filmverleih (1953) (Austria) (theatrical)
Republic Pictures Do Brazil (1953) (Brazil) (theatrical)
20th Century Fox Australia (1954) (Australia) (theatrical)
20th Century Fox (1954) (South Africa) (theatrical)
Les Films Fernand Rivers (1954) (France) (theatrical)
Hollywood Television Service (1958) (United States) (tv)
Roadshow Entertainment Video (1993) (Australia) (VHS)
Taurus Video (2000) (West Germany) (VHS)
Filmjuwelen (2017) (Germany) (DVD)
Topanga Canyon Films (2018) (Spain)

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Other Companies

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Consolidated Film Industries (CFI) (optical effects)

Storyline

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Plot Summary	The Dutch East Indies, at the end of the nineteenth century. An adventurous captain of an American merchant vessel is looking for a sunken Dutch vessel containing 10,000 precious diamonds. Unfortunately, he's not the only one and then there's also that volcano on the nearby island of Krakatau, waiting to explode in its historical, disastrous eruption... Written by Homme A. Piest Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	1883-eruption-of-krakatoa 1880s american treasure 19th-century See All (6) »
Taglines	ADVENTURE...SPECTACLE...SAVAGE LOVE! (original print ad - all caps) See more »
Genres	Action Adventure Drama
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Certification	Australia:PG Brazil:12 (video rating) Canada:PG (video rating) Finland:K-12 France:Tous publics France:12 (video rating) Germany:12 (video rating) Hong Kong:IIA (video rating) Italy:T Japan:PG-12 (video rating) Netherlands:14 Norway:16 Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) Singapore:PG (video rating) South Africa:PG (video rating) South Korea:12 (video rating) Sweden:Btl United Kingdom:PG United Kingdom:U United States:Approved United States:Passed (National Board of Review) United States:TV-PG (TV Rating) West Germany:12 (nf)

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Also Known As	Toutes voiles sur Java (France) Rumbo a Java (Spain) Myrskytuulessa Jaavalta (Finland) O epanastatis tis Iavas (Greece) Fribrytaren från Java (Sweden) See more »
Runtime	92 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Color	Color (Trucolor)
Aspect Ratio	1.37 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Mono (RCA Sound System)
Filming Locations	Mono Lake, California, USA See more »

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Budget

$1,250,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia	Claude Jarman Jr. made the picture on his summer vacation from college. He is quoted in "Growing Up On The Set" by T. and J. Goldrup as saying it was one of the worst pictures ever made. He became friends with Fred MacMurray, who would occasionally shake his head and ask, "Why am I in this movie?". See more »
Goofs	When the Gerrymander is fired on by pirates, the ships are in line, yet scenes of the pirate ship show a broadside being fired!. See more »
Movie Connections	Featured in Fair Wind to Java (1959). See more »
Soundtracks	Bound for the Open Sea See more »

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