Summary
Tommy Tyler, a lazy Caribbean sailor, and his tom-boy daughter, Spring, are out to search for a buried treasure. Tommy brings aboard William Ashton, a young lawyer, to help with the search. Ashton turns out to be handy when they encounter dangerous rivals. Tommy also tries to play match maker between Ashton and Spring – a difficult task indeed.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 50GoodWatch 56
IMDb6.4
Audience score36%
Running time
1 h 42 min
A typical length for adventure movies
typical 103102Half of all adventure movies run 93–120 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 1 countries
Released
1965
March 30, 1965
61 years ago
Genres
AdventureComedyDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
United States
and 5 moreDirecting · 2
- Richard Thorpe Director
- Ted Sturgis Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- James Lee Barrett Writer
- Henry De Vere Stacpoole Author
Production · 1
- Alan Brown Producer
Camera · 2
- Edward Scaife Director of Photography
- Jack Atcheler Camera Operator
Editing · 1
- Thomas Stanford Editor
Sound · 2
- Robert Farnon Music
- A.W. Watkins Sound Recordist
Art · 1
- Gil Parrondo Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Ernest Gasser Makeup Artist
- Maude Onslow Hair Designer
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