Captain Scarface
Captain Scarface is a 1953 American thriller film directed by Paul Guilfoyle.
Plot
In the waters off South America, the Soviets torpedo the tramp steamer and banana boat SS Baños and murder the survivors with the cooperation of the ship's radioman, Clegg who escapes with his life and a promise of $5000. The Soviets have mocked up their own ship as the SS Baños that contains an atomic device with the goal of sailing the Baños to the locks of the Panama Canal where they will detonate their ship on an atomic suicide mission.
Cast
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author | Charles Lang |
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director | Paul Guilfoyle |
editor | Gene Fowler Jr. |
genre | action drama thriller |
keywords | atomic device banana boat bothrops lanceolatus expatriate fer-de-lance meet panama canal plantation port city sail shoot south america soviet union suicide mission tramp tramp steamer wound |
musicBy | Leon Klatzkin |
producer | Jack Rieger |
publisher | Astor Pictures |
theme | propaganda romantic drama spy |