Manfish Movie Review 1956

Two men venture out in a boat, the Manfish, to hunt for sunken treasure in the Caribbean. Only one survives the trip, as his greed destroys the other. The scenes off the Jamaican coast are lovely, but the story fails to take hold. Though there is a star aboard in Chaney, you'll look astern and bow out with a sinking feeling. Derived from two Edgar Allan Poe stories, "The Gold Bug" and "The Tell-Tale Heart."

Distribution

Sinister Cinema, PO Box 4369, Medford, OR 97501-0168, Phone: (541)773-6860, Fax: (541)779-8650, Email: scinema@qwest.net, URL: http://www.sinistercinema.com

Available on VHS
Running time 76 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adapted from a Story, Mystery & Suspense, Books to Film: Edgar Allan Poe, Sail Away

Cast

John Bromfield, Lon Chaney, Victor Jory, Barbara Nichols

Director

W. Lee Wilder

Producer

United Artists