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The Light at the Edge of the World

The Light at the Edge of the World

Jules Verne Takes You Over the Edge of the World!

19716.02h 8m

Overview

Pirates take over a lighthouse on a rocky island. They then execute a devious plan to cause ships to run aground, pillaging their wrecks. A lone member of the lighthouse crew survives, and he deperately fights their plot. A shipwrecked maiden that avoids the pirates slaughter soon complicates the situation.

Directed by Kevin Billington
Written by Jules Verne, Rachel Billington, Tom Rowe
Produced by Kirk Douglas
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Top Cast

Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas

Will Denton

Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner

Jonathan Kongre

Samantha Eggar

Samantha Eggar

Arabella

Jean-Claude Drouot

Jean-Claude Drouot

Virgilio

Fernando Rey

Fernando Rey

Captain Moriz

Renato Salvatori

Renato Salvatori

Montefiore

Massimo Ranieri

Massimo Ranieri

Felipe

Aldo Sambrell

Aldo Sambrell

Tarcante (as Aldo Sanbrell)

Tito García

Tito García

Emilio (as Tito Garcia)

Víctor Israel

Víctor Israel

Das Mortes (as Victor Israel)

Themes & Keywords

islandrapelighthousegorelighthouse keeper piratetorture

About The Light at the Edge of the World

The Light at the Edge of the World is a adventure, drama, fantasy film released in 1971 exploring themes of island, rape, lighthouse, gore, lighthouse keeper , pirate. Directed by Kevin Billington, it stars Kirk Douglas, Yul Brynner, Samantha Eggar. Pirates take over a lighthouse on a rocky island. They then execute a devious plan to cause ships to run aground, pillaging their wrecks. A lone member of the lighthouse crew survives, and he deperately fights their plot. A shipwrecked maiden that avoids the pirates slaughter soon complicates the situation.

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