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His Majesty O'Keefe poster
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MASTER SCORE 59.9 / 100
1954·Action / Adventure / Biography·1h 31m

HIS MAJESTY O'KEEFE

“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.

Above the Line
Byron Haskin, Burt Lancaster·DirectorJames Hill·ScreenplayBorden Chase·ScreenplayOtto Heller·Director of PhotographyRobert Farnon·Original Music ComposerManuel del Campo·Editor
Cast
Burt Lancaster·Capt. David Dion O'KeefeJoan Rice·Dalabo aki DaliAndré Morell·Alfred TetinsAbraham Sofaer·Fatumak, Medicine ManArchie Savage·BoogulrooBenson Fong·Mr. ChouTessa Prendergast·KakofelLloyd Berrell·InifelCharles Horvath·Capt. Bully HayesPhilip Ahn·Sien Tang, Dentist
Full Crew
(19 credits)
Directing· 2
Byron Haskin·DirectorRichard McWhorter·Assistant Director
Writing· 4
James Hill·ScreenplayBorden Chase·ScreenplayLawrence Klingman·NovelGerald Green·Novel
Camera· 1
Otto Heller·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Manuel del Campo·Editor
Sound & Music· 3
Robert Farnon·Original Music ComposerDimitri Tiomkin·Original Music ComposerFrancis J. Scheid·Sound
Art & Design· 6
Ted Haworth·Art DirectionElizabeth Hennings·Costume DesignMarjorie Best·Costume DesignW. Simpson Robinson·Art DirectionStuart Freeborn·Makeup ArtistJane Roth·Set Decoration
Production· 2
Harold Hecht·ProducerNorman Deming·Associate Producer
By the Numbers
59.9
OF 100
Master Score
6.1
OF 10
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