Fair Wind to Java
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1953 film poster
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| Directed by | Joseph Kane |
| Produced by | Joseph Kane |
| Written by | Garland Roark (novel) |
| Screenplay by | Richard Tregaskis |
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Fred MacMurray Vera Ralston |
| Music by | Victor Young |
| Cinematography | Jack Marta |
| Edited by | Richard L. Van Enger |
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Republic Pictures
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| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
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Running time
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92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million |
| Box office | $1.3 million (US) |
Fair Wind to Java is a 1953 American adventure film directed by Joseph Kane starring Fred MacMurray and Vera Ralston. Filmed in Trucolor with special effects by the Lydecker brothers, it was based on the novel by Garland Roark. Its plot concerns an American sea captain who voyages to search for diamonds on a volcanic island but has to contend with mysteries, pirates and an exploding volcano based on the 1883 eruption on the island of Krakatoa.
In 1883, the Boston, Massachusetts, company that owns the full-rigged sailing ship Gerrymander gives the ship's captain, Captain Boll, six months to show a profit for the company in the Gerrymander's operations in the Netherlands East Indies. Facing both pirates and a trade exclusion policy that prevents him from carrying goods between ports in the islands, Boll looks for a way for the Gerrymander to make money. On Java, Boll encounters an Indonesian in Soerabaja whose life he once saved. The Indonesian tells Boll that native divers salvaged a fortune in diamonds from the sunken ship Pieterzoon, contrary to legend which says the diamonds were lost. The Indonesian directs Boll to a Chinese junk captain who has cargo that will lead Boll to the diamonds.
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