''South Sea Sinner'' is a 1950 American

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directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring

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and

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. It is a remake of '' Seven Sinners'' (1940).

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has a small role.

Plot

A cafe owner on a South Sea island plays a dangerous game of blackmail with a fugitive from justice.

Cast

as 'Jake' Davis *

as Coral *

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as Cognac * Frank Lovejoy as Doc * Helena Carter as Margaret Landis * Art Smith as Grayson *

as Maestro

Production

''South Sea Sinner'' was known as ''East of Java'' during filming. Helena Carter replaced

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. Star Macdonald Carey was borrowed from Paramount. Filming took place in July 1949. Winters was accused of having a number of temperamental outbursts on set including a clash with Helena Carter. Winters admitted to being "nervous and tired" after making three films in five months and was "unused" to Humbersome's "close direction during song and dance scenes." She said she had to perform "a suggestive dance" when some exhibitors and their families visit the set and she was upset when an eight-year-old boy filmed her; she asked that he be removed to where she couldn't see him.

Reception

The ''New York Times'' called it a "ridiculously romance-soggy film which has about as much South Seas flavour as a roadside papaya bar." ''Filmink'' called it "an okay film, not as good as the one it was remaking... most notable for giving a small role to Liberace. Winters gets all the sympathy here... but it is nice to see several scenes where Carter and Winters are friendly to each other...Carter doesn’t seem particularly enthusiastic in this one."

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* * 1950 films Films directed by H. Bruce Humberstone Films scored by Walter Scharf Films set in Oceania Remakes of American films Universal Pictures films American adventure films 1950 adventure films American black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{adventure-film-stub