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This is a beautiful Technicolor print. In a Port Moresby, New Guinea bar, Nick Brandon, a pilot for a gold mining company, confers secretly with fellow American Gerald "Jumbo" Johnson (Forrest Tucker) about a gold theft they are planning. Then, while Brandon enjoys a drink with Katherine Shelley (Rhonda Fleming), an unhappy, drifting alcoholic, a stunning schooner pulls into port, catching everyone's eye. Upon disembarking from the schooner, called
The Seeker, owner Steve Singleton (
John Payne) is approached by Jumbo, who suggests they go into the pearl diving business together. While pondering the offer, Steve runs into Brandon, an acquaintance from the war, and without explanation, slugs him in front of Katherine. Steve then accepts Jumbo's deal, for which he is to supply the boat, while Jumbo provides the legal papers, equipment and manpower...
Also with Alan Mowbray.
