Macready and his wife arrive on their yacht to visit the local doctor,and end up observing what the nasty owner of the island perceives as a Black Magic ritual to cure a sick islander.David Niven plays the doctor,who apparently may have lost his license to practice,and the big bad owner of the island and soap company are there to tell him to clear out.He then starts dripping sweat,is it malaria or something else.We soon find he's about to appreciate the doctor the hard way,even if he insists there's nothing wrong with him,he has appendicitis,and gets to be first one to use the operating room.When he collapses because he thinks he knows better than the doctor that he can be ambulatory,makes me wonder why those he's offended didn't gang up on him and wail away like he deserved.He eventually softens his stand when he is afraid he may lose his long-suffering wife.Not easy to tolerate a tyrant on the homefront,which,thankfully this character has an epiphany.Not the greatest of George's three appearances,but he's always a good villain,and no exception to that here.
Review of The Island
