Isle of Fury

Based on the W. Somerset Maugham novel The Narrow Corner, the melodramatic adventure Isle of Fury is one of Humphrey Bogart’s early starring roles. Valentine “Val” Stevens (Bogart), a reformed criminal who makes a living by diving for pearls in the south seas, gets married to Lucille Gordon (Margaret Lindsay). Meanwhile, Detective Eric Blake (Donald Woods) is sent to bust Val, but he gets shipwrecked in a terrible storm at sea. Val saves his life and rescues the ship’s captain Paul Graetz. Eric falls in love with Lucille and makes friends with Val through the course of several sea tragedies before he realizes that he is supposed to arrest him. He then has to make a painful decision regarding his assignment and his sweetheart. E.E. Clive stars as Dr. Hardy, a doctor who offers frequent bible quotes and literary parables., A fugitive-gone-straight saves the life of the detective sent to hunt for him. In the South Seas, Val Stevens and Lucille Gordon are getting married when a ship goes down offshore. Val rescues Captain Deever and passenger Eric Blacke. Later Eric saves Val from an octopus. Unknown as their friendship develops is the fact that Val is a fugitive and Eric is the detective sent to arrest him., Humphrey Bogart as a killer hiding out in the South Seas and getting into a romantic triangle. Lucille: Margaret Lindsay. Blake: Donald Woods. Hardy: E.E. Clive. Anderson: Gordon Hart. Deever: Paul Graetz. Sam: Sidney Bracy. Otar: George Regas. Good cast in a lesser Somerset Maugham tale. Directed by Frank McDonald.