Manfish

Manfish
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Directed by	W. Lee Wilder
Produced by	W. Lee Wilder
Written by	Edgar Allan Poe (stories) Myles Wilder Joel Murcott
Based on	The Gold-Bug and The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
Starring	John Bromfield Lon Chaney, Jr. Victor Jory
Music by	Albert Elms
Cinematography	Scotty "Charles S." Welbourne
Edited by	Grant K. Smith
Production company	Planet Filmplays
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	February 1956 (1956-02)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Manfish is a 1956 adventure film, released by United Artists in 1956 and originally filmed in DeLuxe Color. Filmed in Jamaica, it was released in Great Britain as Calypso. It was based on the stories "The Gold-Bug" and "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. Actor John Bromfield starred as Captain Brannigan and Lon Chaney Jr. played the role of Swede. The leading female star was Tessa Prendergast, who played Alita. Tessa later became a fashion designer and designed the white bikini of Ursula Andress for Dr. No. The film also featured the motion picture debut of Barbara Nichols.

Inspector Warren of Scotland Yard flies into Jamaica and is taken to the headquarters of the Jamaica Constabulary Force. Exchanging credentials with a Jamaican Inspector, Warren reveals he has come to seek the extradition of a wanted criminal known as "The Professor". Surprised when the Inspector refuses to extradite the Professor, the Jamaican Inspector recounts a story told in flashback.

Devil may care adventurer Brannigan has won the ship Manfish and its first mate Swede in a poker game but keeps away from the Manfish's creditors. During a drunken evening out Brannigan is attracted to a woman sitting with an older man called "the Professor" with the two brawling over her. During the brief fracas Brannigan notices the Professor is wearing an unusual heavy ring of a skull and cross bones.