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"Adventure Beyond The Fabulous! Two Years In The Making! All Of It Actually Filmed In The Fiji Islands!"
Men steal for it. Nations go to war for it. The it is oil - and it grows on trees. Coconut oil is the precious lifeblood of 1870s South Seas traders. And lots of real blood will be spilled to get it! Screen royalty Burt Lancaster is His Majesty O'Keefe in this last of three adventures that (along with The Flame and the Arrow and The Crimson Pirate) blew a revitalizing wind into the sails of the swashbuckler genre. Action, cunning and derring-do are watchwords of the title seafarer as he befriends, defends and ultimately rules the islanders of exotic Yap. Lensed on gorgeus Fiji locations, grandly scored by Robert Farnon and rousingly directed by Byron Haskin, His Majesty O'Keefe delivers heroics of regal proportions.
18 Cast Members
Burt Lancaster
Capt. David Dion O'Keefe
Joan Rice
Dalabo aki Dali
André Morell
Alfred Tetins
Abraham Sofaer
Fatumak, Medicine Man
Archie Savage
Boogulroo
Benson Fong
Mr. Chou
Tessa Prendergast
Kakofel
Lloyd Berrell
Inifel
Charles Horvath
Capt. Bully Hayes
Philip Ahn
Sien Tang, Dentist
Guy Doleman
Herb Weber
Grant Taylor
Lt. Brenner
Alexander Archdale
Bob Harris
Harvey Adams
Herr Friedlander
Jimmy Dime
Sailor at Table in Saloon (uncredited)
Sol Gorss
Tough Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
Paul Picerni
Spanish Ship Owner (uncredited)
Jack Stoney
Tough Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
