Tuesday, September 02, 2014

The Decks Ran Red (1958)

The chief mechanic at a ship concocts a murderous plan to get rich. He has a faithful accomplice and a recalcitrant one. The new captain knows there's something fishy going on, but at first has no clue about who's pulling the strings. To complicate things further, the new cook comes aboard with his sexy wife.

Cheap thriller shot at a real ship, allegedly based on a 1905 incident about which nobody seems to know anything (perhaps this is a joke with the Potemkin revolt). The film is moderately enjoyable and well-made, although the plot is not very plausible.

Saw it dubbed in Portuguese.

Rating: 51

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