Action Adventure Drama Romance
Men steal for it. Nations go to war for it. The it is oil - and it grows on trees. Coconut oil is the precious lifeblood of 1870s South Seas traders. And lots of real blood will be spilled to get it! Screen royalty Burt Lancaster is His Majesty O'Keefe in this last of three adventures that (along with The Flame and the Arrow and The Crimson Pirate) blew a revitalizing wind into the sails of the swashbuckler genre. Action, cunning and derring-do are watchwords of the title seafarer as he befriends, defends and ultimately rules the islanders of exotic Yap. Lensed on gorgeus Fiji locations, grandly scored by Robert Farnon and rousingly directed by Byron Haskin, His Majesty O'Keefe delivers heroics of regal proportions.
Directed by
Byron Haskin
Sol Gorss
Tough Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
Burt Lancaster
Capt. David Dion O'Keefe
Guy Doleman
Herb Weber
Philip Ahn
Sien Tang, Dentist
Paul Picerni
Spanish Ship Owner (uncredited)
Abraham Sofaer
Fatumak, Medicine Man
Benson Fong
Mr. Chou
André Morell
Alfred Tetins
Charles Horvath
Capt. Bully Hayes
Archie Savage
Boogulroo
Tessa Prendergast
Kakofel
Joan Rice
Dalabo aki Dali
Jimmy Dime
Sailor at Table in Saloon (uncredited)
Grant Taylor
Lt. Brenner
Lloyd Berrell
Inifel
Alexander Archdale
Bob Harris
Harvey Adams
Herr Friedlander
Jack Stoney
Tough Sailor in Fight (uncredited)

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