Manfish (1956)

Directed by

W. Lee Wilder

Genre

treasure hunt film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 16m

Rating

4.0 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A treasure hunt in Jamaica involves a captain, a local woman, and a man with a secret. They search for a buried cache based on a coded message.

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What happens

Manfish is a 1956 American adventure film, released by United Artists in 1956 and originally filmed in DeLuxe Color. Filmed in Jamaica, it was released in Great Britain as Calypso. It was based on the 1843 stories "The Gold-Bug" and "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. Actor John Bromfield starred as Captain Brannigan and Lon Chaney Jr. played the role of Swede. The leading female star was Tessa Prendergast, who played Alita. Tessa later became a fashion designer and designed the white bikini of Ursula Andress for Dr. No. The film also featured the motion picture debut of Barbara Nichols. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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