Victory

Dec 7, 1919

1h 2m

★ 5.8

Overview

Adaptation of Joseph Conrad novel about lust and violence on a South Seas Island.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Maurice Tourneur Productions

Victory Trailers

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Cast

Axel Heyst

Jack Holt

Alma

Seena Owen

August Schomberg

Wallace Beery

Ricardo

Lon Chaney

Mr. Jones

Ben Deeley

Pedro

Bull Montana

Undetermined Role

William Bailey

Undetermined Role

Betty Bouton

Capt. Davidson

George Nichols

Orchestra Member speaking to Alma

Ruth Renick

Mrs. Schomberg

Laura Winston

Marine Sergeant James O'Hearn is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion, theft, scandalous conduct and destruction of property in time of war. He refuses to testify or plead guilty or not guilty to the charges. Showgirl Ginger Martin takes the stand against his protest. She testifies O'Hearn won't talk because he is protecting the name of his pal, Marine Private Davey White. Ginger tells how she, broke and stranded, met the two marines in Shanghai two weeks before Pearl Harbor.

5.7

Where East Is East

May 4, 1929

A Chinese wife returns to the American family she left behind in Southeast Asia and then moves in on her daughter's (Lupe Velez) beau (Lloyd Hughes).

4.6

Isle of Forgotten Sins

Aug 15, 1943

An evil sea captain and the forces of nature threaten two divers' search for a fortune in gold in the South Pacific.

6.2

Hurricane Smith

Oct 2, 1952

South Sea freebooters fight for hidden treasure and the love of the beautiful Luana.

0.0

Aloha

Apr 26, 1931

In the South Seas, a half-caste island girl refuses to follow tradition and marry a fellow islander, instead falling in love with a white man and heir to an American fortune.

5.2

Pacific Destiny

Jan 1, 1956

Life is strange and worrying for a cadet who arrives in the Pacific in the colonial service. And the testy resident commissioner, who had been expecting an experienced man, soon shows his disapproval.

7.0

Father Goose

Dec 10, 1964

During World War II, South Sea beachcomber Walter Eckland is persuaded to spy on planes passing over his island. He gets more than he bargained for as schoolteacher Catherine Frenau arrives on the run from the Japanese with her pupils in tow!

0.0

Black Magic

Jul 6, 1929

On a South Seas island, "three white derelicts drink away memories of the past. After many adventures during which a girl enters the picture, the three are rehabilitated and everything turns out happily."

7.1

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

Jul 30, 1931

On the South Pacific island of Bora Bora, a young couple's love is threatened when the tribal chief declares the girl a sacred virgin.

4.8

Bora Bora

Nov 20, 1968

A Frenchman finds his runaway wife on an island in the Pacific.

0.0

Odissea nuda

Apr 20, 1961

A director arrives in Tahiti to make a film, but soon he lets himself be captured by the exotic charm of the local places and beauties. with E. Salerno.

3.1

Paradise Island

Jul 15, 1930

The south sea island Tonga is full of plantations and scoundrels. Ellen Bradford arrives expecting marriage to respectable and successful plantation owner only to find he is a drunk and gambler. Being the only white woman she is the desire of scoundrels and cut-throats.

5.2

Gung Ho!

Dec 20, 1943

A true-life epic that revolves around an exclusive bataillon of the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, "Carlson's Raiders," whose assignment is to take control of a South Pacific island once possessed by the United States but now under Japanese command.

6.6

Paradise Found

Jan 1, 2003

Paradise Found is a biography about the painter Paul Gauguin. Focusing on his personal conflict between citizen life and his family life and the art scene in Frane. In an incredible imagery montage Gauguin manages to make a successful living in the South Pacific, while being in opposition to France.

5.5

The Narrow Corner

Jul 8, 1933

An Englishman sought for murder, tries to escape fate to South Seas island.

7.2

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

Jan 29, 1942

Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Benjamin working for him as a bonded servant. While he believes the lad was born out of wedlock and so cannot claim the inheritance, he is taking no chances. Benjamin eventually rebels against his uncle and sets sail to try and make his fortune. This may enable him to return to prove his claim to being the rightful heir to the estate.

6.7

Sadie Thompson

Jan 7, 1928

A young, beautiful prostitute named Sadie Thompson arrives on the South Pacific island of Pago Pago looking for honest work and falls for Timothy O'Hara, an American sailor who is unfazed by her unsavory past. However, Mr. Davidson, a missionary who arrived on the island at the same time, aims to "save" Sadie from her sinful life and petitions to have her separated from her beau and deported back to San Francisco.

4.9

South Pacific

Mar 26, 2001

During World War II in the South Pacific love is found between a young nurse, Nellie Forbush and an older French plantation owner, Emile de Becque. The war is tearing them apart.

6.6

The Hurricane

Nov 9, 1937

A Polynesian sailor is separated from his wife when he's unjustly imprisoned for defending himself against a colonial bully. Members of the community petition the governor for clemency but all pretense of law and order are soon shattered by an incoming tropical storm.