Adventure ·Mystery · United States of America · 1920 · 55m

Terror Island

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Director
James Cruze
Cast
Harry Houdini as Harry Harper Jack Brammall as Tom Starkey Lila Lee as Beverly West Wilton Taylor as Job Mourdant Eugene Pallette as Guy Mourdant Ed Brady as Captain Black
Crew
William Marshall — Director of Photography Arthur B. Reeve — Story John Grey — Story Jesse L. Lasky — Producer
Tagline

Not a Serial!

Synopsis

Inventor Harry Harper travels to the South Seas, where there is buried treasure belonging to a girl, Beverly West. Naturally, others are after the loot, and Beverly's father is being held captive by cannibals until she returns to them with a pearl that belongs to one of their idols. The climax consists of Harper saving Beverly from a safe which has been lowered into the sea.

Mood & Themes
south seascannibalburied treasure
Key Collaborators
James Cruze Director William Marshall Director of Photography Arthur B. Reeve Story John Grey Story Jesse L. Lasky Producer
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