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Fair Wind to Java
“ADVENTURE...SPECTACLE...SAVAGE LOVE!”
5.6 / 10• 1953• 1h 32m•NR• English
ActionAdventure
Storyline
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...
Cast & Crew
Fred MacMurray
Captain Boll
Lead
Vera Ralston
Kim Kim
Robert Douglas
Saint Ebenezer / Pulo Besar
Victor McLaglen
O'Brien
John Russell
Flint
Claude Jarman Jr.
Chess
Paul Fix
Wilson
Grant Withers
Jason Blue
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Joseph Kane's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Fair Wind to Java is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
