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Fair Wind to Java
Fair Wind to Java

Fair Wind to Java

ADVENTURE...SPECTACLE...SAVAGE LOVE!

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ActionAdventure

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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...

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

92 mins

Rating

4.9/10

Release Date

28 January 1953

Country

United States of America

Cast

Fred MacMurray

Fred MacMurray

Captain Boll

Vera Ralston

Vera Ralston

Kim Kim

Robert Douglas

Robert Douglas

Saint Ebenezer / Pulo Besar

Victor McLaglen

Victor McLaglen

O'Brien

John Russell

John Russell

Flint

Claude Jarman Jr.

Claude Jarman Jr.

Chess

Paul Fix

Paul Fix

Wilson

Grant Withers

Grant Withers

Jason Blue

Chuck Hayward

Chuck Hayward

Sailor

Buddy Baer

Buddy Baer

King

Howard Petrie

Howard Petrie

Reeder

William Murphy

William Murphy

Ahab

Sujata Rubener

Sujata Rubener

Dancer (as Sujata)

Philip Ahn

Philip Ahn

Gusti

Stephen Bekassy

Stephen Bekassy

Lieutenant

Keye Luke

Keye Luke

Pidada

Virginia Brissac

Virginia Brissac

Bintang

Richard Reeves

Richard Reeves

Hoppo Two

John Halloran

John Halloran

Guard

Howard Chuman

Howard Chuman

Guard

Mailoa Kalili

Mailoa Kalili

Guard

Al Kikume

Al Kikume

Guard

Blackie Whiteford

Blackie Whiteford

Sailor

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