His Majesty O'Keefe
1954, Film, 91 min, Action, Adventure, Biography, English, United States, MoviePedia score 64
Adventure Beyond The Fabulous! Two Years In The Making! All Of It Actually Filmed In The Fiji Islands!
Men steal for it. Nations go to war for it. The it is oil - and it grows on trees. Coconut oil is the precious lifeblood of 1870s South Seas traders. And lots of real blood will be spilled to get it! Screen royalty Burt Lancaster is His Majesty O'Keefe in this last of three adventures that (along with The Flame and the Arrow and The Crimson Pirate) blew a revitalizing wind into the sails of the swashbuckler genre. Action, cunning and derring-do are watchwords of the title seafarer as he befriends, defends and ultimately rules the islanders of exotic Yap. Lensed on gorgeus Fiji locations, grandly scored by Robert Farnon and rousingly directed by Byron Haskin, His Majesty O'Keefe delivers heroics of regal proportions.
Directed by Byron Haskin, Burt Lancaster
Cast
- Burt Lancaster as Narrator
- Joan Rice as Dalabo aki Dali
- André Morell as Alfred Tetins
- Abraham Sofaer as Fatumak, Medicine Man
- Archie Savage as Boogulroo
- Benson Fong as Mr. Chou
- Tessa Prendergast as Kakofel
- Lloyd Berrell as Inifel
- Charles Horvath as Capt. Bully Hayes
- Philip Ahn as Sien Tang, Dentist
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