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Last of the Pagans (1935)

Last of the Pagans poster
Directed by
Richard Thorpe
Genre
adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A sailor is captured by a tribe on a remote Pacific island. He must navigate their customs and find a way to survive.

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What happens

Last of the Pagans is a 1935 MGM film based on the Herman Melville novel Typee (1846). The film was shot on location in Tahiti. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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