Bold Swooping Tremendous Adventure!
Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Benjamin working for him as a bonded servant. While he believes the lad was born out of wedlock and so cannot claim the inheritance, he is taking no chances. Benjamin eventually rebels against his uncle and sets sail to try and make his fortune. This may enable him to return to prove his claim to being the rightful heir to the estate.
- 7.2
- 1942
- Released
- 1h 38m
Tyrone Power
Benjamin Blake
George Sanders
Sir Arthur Blake
Gene Tierney
Eve
Frances Farmer
Isabel
John Carradine
Caleb Green
Roddy McDowall
Benjamin - as a Boy
Elsa Lanchester
Bristol Isabel
Harry Davenport
Amos Kidder
Kay Johnson
Helena
Dudley Digges
Pratt
Halliwell Hobbes
Purdy
Marten Lamont
Kenneth Hobart
Arthur Hohl
Captain Greenough
Pedro de Cordoba
Feenou
Heather Thatcher
Maggie Martin
Mala
Marnoa
Lester Matthews
Prosecutor
Charles Irwin
Captain
Dennis Hoey
Lord Tarrant
Robert Greig
JudgeClifford Severn
Paddy
Mae Marsh
Mrs. Purdy (uncredited)
Harry Cording
Turnkey (uncredited)
David Clyde
Shellback (uncredited)Cyril McLaglen
Grimes (uncredited)
Matthew Boulton
Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Leonard Carey
Pale Tom (uncredited)
James Craven
Guard (uncredited)
Ethel Griffies
Matron (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten
Court Clerk (uncredited)Keith Hitchcock
Crier (uncredited)
Rodd Redwing
Native (uncredited)
Released
en
- #based on novel or book
- #south seas
- #uncle
- #18th century
- #polynesia
- #bonded servant
Reviews
Tyrone Power makes for quite a stylish hero in this tale of a young boy "Ben" (initially played by a young Roddy McDowell) who is dispossessed of his rightful inheritance by his avaricious uncle "Sir Arthur" (George Sanders). His childhood just one long grind under his uncle's unkindly boot, he stows away on a ship to the South Seas where, with his shipmate "Caleb" (John Carradine) they amass a fo