South of Pago Pago
South of Pago Pago is a 1940 American South Seas adventure film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Victor McLaglen, Jon Hall and Frances Farmer. It was largely filmed in Hawaii and in American Samoa.
Plot
In 1875 a group of adventurers meet in Singapore to look for pearls in the Pacific Islands: ship's Captain Bucko Larson, his First Mate Williams, Peg Legged Foster and bar girl and adventuress Ruby Taylor. They are guided by a Portuguese sailor Manuel Ferro who knows of virgin pearl beds off the island of Manoa, "south of Pago Pago". They arrive at the island; however, when Ferro wants more than his agreed third of a share, Bucko throws him over the side to his doom.
More details
| author | George Bruce |
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| contentLocation | Insular Oceania |
| director | Alfred Edward Green |
| editor | Ray Curtiss |
| genre | adventure historical |
| keywords | bar girl crisis of conscience decompression sickness dive pacific island taboo |
| musicBy | Edward Ward |
| producer | Edward Small |
| productionCompany | Edward Small Productions |
| publisher | United Artists |