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Fair Wind to Java
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5.6The Dutch East Indies, at the end of the nineteenth century. An adventurous captain of an American merchant vessel is looking for a sunken Dutch vessel containing 10,000 precious diamonds. Unfortunately, he's not the only one and then there's also that volcano on the nearby island of Krakatau, waiting to explode in its historical, disastrous eruption...
Released: 1953-01-2892 minDir: Joseph KaneAction, Adventure
Cast
- Fred MacMurray as Captain Boll
- Vera Ralston as Kim Kim
- Robert Douglas as Saint Ebenezer / Pulo Besar
- Victor McLaglen as O'Brien
- John Russell as Flint
- Claude Jarman Jr. as Chess
Themes
- treasure
- volcano
- indonesia
- sunken treasure
- pirate
- 19th century
- dutch east indies
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 92
- FilmAffinity ID
- 188872
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- publication date
- 1953-01-01
- title
- Fair Wind to Java
- capital cost
- 1250000
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Categories
1883 eruption of Krakatoa1950s historical adventure films1953 American films1953 English-language films1953 filmsAmerican disaster filmsAmerican historical adventure filmsAmerican seafaring filmsEnglish-language historical adventure filmsFilms about volcanoesFilms based on American novelsFilms directed by Joseph KaneFilms scored by Victor YoungFilms set in 1883Films set in IndonesiaKrakatoaPirate filmsRepublic Pictures filmsTemplate film date with 1 release dateTrucolor films