Wake of the Red Witch (Blu-ray)

Director Edward Ludwig (The Fighting Seabees) and his star John Wayne (Big Jim McLain) teamed up again in this thrilling high seas adventure as Wayne battles enemies above and below the waves - including a giant killer octopus. Wake of the Red Witch pits the tough-minded Captain Ralls (Wayne) against the treacherous Captain Sidneye (Luther Adler) in a bitter rivalry on a mysterious Island. At stake is a fortune in pearls hidden in an undercover cave, at risk is the hand of the beautiful Angelique (Gail Russell), the daughter of the tyrant ruler of the Island who plans to marry her off to Sidneye. One year before, Russell and Wayne appeared together in the classic western, Angel and the Badman. Gig Young (City That Never Sleeps) plays Sam Rosen, a young sailor in love with Sidneye's beautiful niece, Teleia Van Schreeven (Adele Mara).

Starring: Jim Backus, John Wayne, Gail Russell, Lon Chaney Jr., Gig Young, Roland Culver, Adele Mara, Jane Darwell, Luther Adler, Phyllis Diller, Rhonda Fleming, Bob Hope, John Hoyt, Jeffrey Hunter, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre, Mako, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Roy Rogers, Carlos Thompson, Chuck Roberson, John M. Pickard, Kuka Tuitama, Eduard Franz, Grant Withers, Henry Daniell, Paul Fix, Dennis Hoey, Jeff Corey, Erskine Sanford, Duke Kahanamoku, Henry Brandon, Fernando Alvarado, Jane Russell, John Wengraf, Dick Sargent, Jose Alvarado, Carl Thompson, Roland Young, Wallace Scott, Robert Wood, Fred Graham, Myron Healey, Mickey Simpson, Rory Mallinson, Grant Means, Fred Libby, Jim Nolan, John Pickard, Harlan Warde, Harry Vejar, Norman Rainey, David Clarke, Fred Fox, Maiola Kalili, Victor Groves, Al Kikume, Leo C. Richmond, Harold Lishman, Kuka Tuima, George Piltz

Director: Edmund Grainger

Rating: NR