Reviews

I know that such a odd assortment of people carrying a strange assortment of items on a seven hour cruse sounds crazy. Mr. Howell carrying suitcases full of money. The professor carrying test tubes, books and scientific equipment. A glamorous Hollywood movie star with diamonds and furs. But is not at all crazy if you understand who Mr. Howell really was. A very wealthy man, yes. But Howell Industries was only a front for the real source of his wealth. For lovable old Mr. Howell and the skipper were really ruthless drug smugglers and the Minow on it's way to make a drug buy when the storm hit. Think about it... That explains the suitcases full of money and the professors lab equipment, to analyze the purchase. I suspect that Ginger was Howell's mistress and he had tricked Mary Ann onto the boat as part of the payment for the drugs. He likey planed to dispose of Mrs. Howell at sea so he and Ginger could be together. As for Gilligan, he was just a poor halfwit who's devotion to the skipper was such, that he didn't even realize the ruthless men he was working for.

This is one of those movies that is so bad, it,s good. I believe the movie is considered to be one of the 50 worst movies ever made and I would't argue with that. But seriously if you are a fan of the old universal horror films as I am, you will find the movie interesting if only to see Lon Chaney jr, John Caradine and Basil Rathbone together in their latter years. And really it is a sad tribute to such a talentd and distingushed actor as Basil Rathbone that this horrid movie was his last. I still can't concive of such a wild combination of people together on a screen. Lon Chaney jr., Basil Rathbone, John Caradine along with Merle Haggard, Lefty Frazell and Sony James and a bombshell blonde in Nashville. That's about as crazy as a movie can get!