Smuggler's Island

An adventurer about to lose his sloop and diving equipment agrees to dive for illegal gold.

Cast

Jeff Chandler

as Steve Kent

Evelyn Keyes

as Vivian Craig

Philip Friend

as Allan Craig

'Ducky' Louie

as Kai Lun

David Bauer

as Lorca

Marvin Miller

as Bok-Ying

Ben Astar

as Port Authority Captain

H.T. Tsiang

as Chang

Jay Novello

as Espinosa

Shushella Shakari

as Native Girl

Reviews

CinemaSerf

The title does tee this up to be something better, but in the end this has more of the air of a standard "Charlie Chan" feature to it as we take a trip to the Portuguese colony of Macau where we encounter "Kent" (Jeff Chandler). He's an American diver, a bit down at heel, who in turn happens to luck...

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