South Sea Sinner
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adaptation
Oscar Brodney
László Vadnay
(as Laszlo Vadnay)
| South Sea Sinner | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | H. Bruce Humberstone |
| Written by | Joel Malone adaptation |
| Screenplay by | Joel Malone Oscar Brodney |
| Story by | Ladislas Fodor László Vadnay (as Laszlo Vadnay) |
| Produced by | Michael Kraike (as Michel Kraike) |
| Starring | Macdonald Carey Shelley Winters |
| Cinematography | Maury Gertsman |
| Edited by | Ted J. Kent |
| Music by | Walter Scharf |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
South Sea Sinner is a 1950 American adventure film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring Macdonald Carey and Shelley Winters. It is a remake of Seven Sinners (1940). Liberace has a small role.[1]
A cafe owner on a South Sea island plays a dangerous game of blackmail with a fugitive from justice.
Cast
- Macdonald Carey as 'Jake' Davis
- Shelley Winters as Coral
- Luther Adler as Cognac
- Frank Lovejoy as Doc
- Helena Carter as Margaret Landis
- Art Smith as Grayson
- Liberace as Maestro
Production
South Sea Sinner was known as East of Java during filming. Helena Carter replaced Dorothy Hart.[2] Star Macdonald Carey was borrowed from Paramount.
Filming took place in July 1949. Winters was accused of having a number of temperamental outbursts on set including a clash with Helena Carter.[3] Winters admitted to being "nervous and tired" after making three films in five months and was "unused" to Humbersome's "close direction during song and dance scenes."[4] She said she had to perform "a suggestive dance" when some exhibitors and their families visit the set and she was upset when an eight-year-old boy filmed her; she asked that he be removed to where she couldn't see him.[5]
