
China Seas(1935)
Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!


“It's that Shelley again! ...that wonderful bad girl at her best!”
A tramp steamer lands sick crewman Jake Davis on rubber-growing island Oraka, from which voluptuous, bedroom-eyed saloon singer Coral is about to be ejected because "men like her too much." But Coral's slimy boss Cognac gets her a reprieve so she can learn Jake's secret.

Macdonald Carey
Jake 'Smitty' Davis

Shelley Winters
Coral

Luther Adler
Cognac

Frank Lovejoy
Doc

Helena Carter
Margaret Landis

Liberace
Maestro

Art Smith
William Grayson

John Ridgely
Don Williams

James Flavin
Andrews

Molly Lamont
Kay Williams
South Sea Sinner is a adventure, crime, drama film released in 1950 exploring themes of saloon singer, tramp steamer. Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone, it stars Macdonald Carey, Shelley Winters, Luther Adler. A tramp steamer lands sick crewman Jake Davis on rubber-growing island Oraka, from which voluptuous, bedroom-eyed saloon singer Coral is about to be ejected because "men like her too much." But Coral's slimy boss Cognac gets her a reprieve so she can learn Jake's secret.
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