DramaThriller

Dangerous Charter

- A nerve-shattering voyage with death lurking at every turn!

The crew of a fishing boat discovers a deserted luxury yacht at sea with a dead body on board. They claim the yacht as salvage, not knowing that a drug smuggling ring has hidden $500,000 worth of heroin on the boat.

Release Date : 1962-09-19

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : The Vidtronics CompanyCrown International Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Chris Warfield

Character Name : Marty

Original Name : Chris Warfield

Gender : Male

Sally Fraser

Character Name : June

Original Name : Sally Fraser

Gender : Female

Dick Foote

Character Name : Dick

Original Name : Dick Foote

Gender : Male

Peter Forster

Character Name : Monet

Original Name : Peter Forster

Gender : Male

Chick Chandler

Character Name : Kick

Original Name : Chick Chandler

Gender : Male

Wright King

Character Name : Joe

Original Name : Wright King

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-11-19

Apparently, this was made in under one week - and though that is to be commended, it does not make this film any better! It's got a sort of Alastair Maclean style premiss: a yacht is found abandoned, save for a corpse, by a fishing boat. They report it all and lay claim to salvage rights. Only snag is - the boat has a secret cargo that Peter Forster ("Monet") will stop at nothing to acquire, so when the authorities use them as bait to ensnare the real murderer/smuggler it all gets a bit risky. Sadly, though, there is absolutely no suspense whatsoever; the acting - admittedly, this is the ultimate B-cast - is mediocre at best, and the repetitive score all too often has to substitute for the weak and feeble dialogue. To be fair to the fisher-folks "Marty" (Chris Warfield) and "June" (Sally Fraser), they do look as if they enjoyed making this film, especially as the ending livens things up a bit, but that emotion does not really transcend to the viewer for the rest of this film. I reckon they did well to spin this story out for 75 minutes!