- Film Review
- Reviewed By Tony Sloman
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3 out of 5
Director Mervyn LeRoy always enjoyed an exotic location, and this overlong Pacific island-set hokum was probably more fun to make than it is to watch. Our advice is to park your brains and enjoy old-fashioned Hollywood as it lurches into the 1960s, exploding volcano and all. Cast as an agnostic convict, Frank Sinatra gets a chance to act with his idol Spencer Tracy, who never turned down an opportunity to play a priest, his original calling. Even though it constantly tries your patience, this adventure remains compulsive viewing because of the sheer star power on display. Whaddya mean "they don't make 'em like this any more"? - check out Volcano and Dante's Peak.
Plot Summary
Disaster adventure starring Spencer Tracy and Frank Sinatra. Three convicts being escorted to a prison in Tahiti stop overnight on a volcanic island and find themselves in danger from an imminent eruption.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Father Matthew Doonan
- Spencer Tracy
- Harry
- Frank Sinatra
- Father Joseph Perreau
- Kerwin Mathews
- Jacques
- Jean-Pierre Aumont
- Marcel
- Grégoire Aslan
- Governor
- Alexander Scourby
- Camille
- Barbara Luna
- Matron
- Cathy Lewis
- Charlie
- Bernie Hamilton
- Dr Wexler
- Martin Brandt
Crew
- Director
- Mervyn LeRoy
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