Dangerous Charter
A nerve-shattering voyage with death lurking at every turn!
1962 | 76m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Robert Gottschalk |
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| Writer: | Robert Gottschalk, Paul Strait |
| Staring: |
| The crew of a fishing boat discovers a deserted luxury yacht at sea with a dead body on board. They claim the yacht as salvage, not knowing that a drug smuggling ring has hidden $500,000 worth of heroin on the boat. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 19, 1962 |
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| Director: | Robert Gottschalk |
| Writer: | Robert Gottschalk, Paul Strait |
| Genres: | Drama, Thriller |
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| Production Companies | Crown International Pictures, The Vidtronics Company |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 08, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Chris Warfield | Marty |
| Sally Fraser | June |
| Dick Foote | Dick |
| Peter Forster | Monet |
| Chick Chandler | Kick |
| Wright King | Joe |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Robert Gottschalk | Original Story, Director |
| Paul Strait | Screenplay |
| Ted Dale | Original Music Composer |
| Meredith M. Nicholson | Director of Photography |
| George White | Editor |
| Bob Scrivner | Production Manager |
| Joseph Boyle | Assistant Director |
| Frank Vogelsang Jr. | Assistant Production Manager |
| Charles Hannawalt | Key Grip |
| Carl Mahakian | Sound Editor |
| Ted Roberts | Music Editor |
| Sam Freedle | Script Supervisor |
| Armand Delmar | Makeup Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Robert Gottschalk | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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Apparently, this was made in under one week - and though that is to be commended, it does not make this film any better! It's got a sort of Alastair Maclean style premiss: a yacht is found abandoned, save for a corpse, by a fishing boat. They report it all and lay claim to salvage rights. Only snag ... is - the boat has a secret cargo that Peter Forster ("Monet") will stop at nothing to acquire, so when the authorities use them as bait to ensnare the real murderer/smuggler it all gets a bit risky. Sadly, though, there is absolutely no suspense whatsoever; the acting - admittedly, this is the ultimate B-cast - is mediocre at best, and the repetitive score all too often has to substitute for the weak and feeble dialogue. To be fair to the fisher-folks "Marty" (Chris Warfield) and "June" (Sally Fraser), they do look as if they enjoyed making this film, especially as the ending livens things up a bit, but that emotion does not really transcend to the viewer for the rest of this film. I reckon they did well to spin this story out for 75 minutes!