Wake of the Red Witch

Wake of the Red Witch (DVD) (*)

$22.99

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2&4 )

Running Time:
102 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1948 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Edward Ludwig

Written By:
Harry Brown
Kenneth Gamet

Actors:
John Wayne ..... Capt. Ralls
Gail Russell ..... Angelique Desaix
Gig Young ..... Samuel 'Sam' Rosen
Adele Mara ..... Teleia Van Schreeven
Luther Adler ..... Mayrant Ruysdaal Sidneye
Eduard Franz ..... Harmenszoon Van Schreeven
Grant Withers ..... Capt. Wilde Youngeur
Henry Daniell ..... Jacques Desaix
Paul Fix ..... Antonio 'Ripper' Arrezo
Dennis Hoey ..... Capt. Munsey
Jeff Corey ..... Mr. Loring
Erskine Sanford ..... Dr. van Arken
Duke Kahanamoku ..... Ua Nuke

Synopsis:

This unusual, dreamlike John Wayne vehicle is set in the East Indies. The focus of the film is the deadly rivalry between two men of the sea. Ship's captain Rails John Wayne nurses a long-standing grudge against shipping magnate Van Schreeven Luther Adler. The reason for the animosity: Van Schreeven stole away Rails' love, Angelique Gail Russell. Revenge has warped Rails to point that sometimes he seems to be the heavy of the picture. Complications involving valuable pearls ensue before the offbeat climax, which finds Rails scuttling his own vessel, the Red Witch, as means of getting even. The film's resolution is one of the strangest ever concocted for a Wayne picture. Wake of the Red Witch represented the second screen teaming of John Wayne and Gail Russell; the film must also have held some special significance for Wayne, since he named his own production company, Batjac, after the shipping firm depicted in the picture.

Captain Ralls (John Wayne) is a ship's captain in the South Seas who is in a rivalry with Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye over money and the woman he loves, Angelique Desaix (Gail Russell). The end reward is the gold carried by the shipping vessel, the Red Witch.

Captain Ralls fights Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye for the woman he loves, Angelique Desaix, and for a fortune in gold aboard the Red Witch.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 05 February, 2013.