Adventure Island (1947) / Gun Cargo (1949) (MOD) (DVD Movie) Angel's Descent John Wayne in The High

John Wayne in The High and the Mighty (1954)

Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys Town (1938) made him a box-office star

Julian Roffman

greed and rivalry

Adventure Island (1947) / Gun Cargo (1949) (MOD) (DVD Movie) Angel's Descent John Wayne in The HighThe crew of a ship bound for Australia is struck by an epidemic of smallpox. Robert Herrick and his girlfriend Faith, the only survivors, wash ashore on a tropical island. The natives bring them to Henry Attwater, a power mad Englishman who has set himself up as dictator. Attwater intends to make Faith his bride and kill Herrick before the next nightfall. If they are to survive, the young couple must escape the madman's island of terror before it is