by Hal Erickson
synopsis
At 50 minutes, Call of the South Seas must qualify as the shortest of Republic's non-western B films. Janet Martin plays Tahia, princess of a faraway tropical island. Tahia's people are being victimized by extradition-free crooks led by an unsavory type named Landrau (Roy Barcroft). Disguised as a scruffy beahcomber, FBI agent Kendall Gaige (Allan Lane) infiltrates Landrau's gang, and along the way finds time for romance with Tahia. A climactic motorboat chase during a volcanic eruption, staged by the legendary Lydecker brothers, provided stock footage aplenty for future Republic programmers.
characteristics
- Pregnancy
- Pregnant
- Pacific
- Opera-singer
- On-the-run
- Princess
- Romance
- Undercover
- Yakuza
- Star-crossed-lovers
- South-Seas
- Romantic
- Native
- Mob
- FBI (Federal Bureau Of Investigation)
