Highest-Rated Movies about 'Freighter', Sort by Popularity
Island of Lost Souls (1933), Sword in the Desert (1949), Crashing Thru (1939), Fair Game (1995), The Americano (1955) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Freighter movies.
#1. Island of Lost Souls (1933)
Storyline: After his ship goes down, Edward Parker is rescued at sea. Parker gets into a fight with Captain Davies of the Apia and the Captain tosses him overboard while making a delivery to the tiny tropical island of Dr. Moreau. Parker discovers that Moreau has good reason to be so secretive on his lonely island. The doctor is a whip-cracking task master to a growing population of his own gruesome human/animal experiments. He does have one prize result, Lota the beautiful panther woman. Parker's fortunes for escape look up after his fiancée Ruth finds him with the help of fearless Captain Donohue. However, when Moreau's tribe of near-humans rises up to rebel, no one is safe...—Gary Jackson <garyjack5@cogeco.ca>
Plot Keywords: shipwreck survivor, creature, mutant, fiancé, eerie, creepy, campy ...
Movie Details Click Here!#2. Sword in the Desert (1949)
Storyline: Cynical freighter captain Mike Dillon hopes to take the money and run after helping to smuggle Jewish refugees ashore in pre-Israel Palestine. But against his will, he's drawn into the escalating fight between British occupation forces and the founders of Israel. In a battle doubly terrible because the audience sympathizes with both sides, how long can Mike remain a bystander?—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: captain, rebel, smuggler, jew, british soldier, powerful, intense ...
Movie Details Click Here!#3. Crashing Thru (1939)
Storyline: Canadian Mountd Sergeant Renfrew (James Newill) and Corporal Kelly (Warren Hull) are on the way to their Post from Headquarters when the small steamer on which they are traveling is held up. Helpless to stop the thieves from getting away with a gold shipment, they immediately take up the chase when they are freed. They also clear Ann Chambers (Jean Carmen) and her brother, Fred Chambers (Dave O'Brien), of any involvement with the robbery.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: mountie, constable, criminal, businessman, robber, young woman, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!#4. Fair Game (1995)
Storyline: Max Kirkpatrick is a cop who protects Kate McQuean, a civil law attorney, from a renegade KGB team out to terminate her.
Plot Keywords: woman, detective, criminal, accomplice, friend, ex-husband, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!#5. The Americano (1955)
Storyline: Cattleman Sam Dent (Glenn Ford) transports three prize bulls to Brazil for a wealthy buyer, Barbossa. Upon arrival, Sam learns from amiable Manoel Silva (Cesar Romero) that Barbossa has been murdered. For a fee, Manoel helps Sam transport the bulls to Barbossa's ranch for his partner, Bento Hermanny (Frank Lovejoy), to purchase. Soon, Sam is involved in a brutal range war between Hermanny and beautiful neighbor Marianna Figuerido (Ursula Thiess), which also involves unmasking Barbossa's killer.
Plot Keywords: cattleman, bandit, partner, beautiful woman, henchman, foreman, spirited ...
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