Episode Synopsis "Audio commentary for "King of the Coral Sea""
A free audio commentary for the 1954 Australian adventure film "King of the Coral Sea", starring Chips Rafferty, Rod Taylor, and Charles Tingwell. (A copy of the film is available on Kanopy - you might be able to borrow it via a library.) Shot on location on Thursday Island, this was one of the few Australian films made in the 1950s, and among the most commercially successful The story revolves Ted King (Rafferty), the captain of a pearling lugger who discovers a dead body in Torres Strait. This leads to him uncovering a people smuggling racket, threatening the lives of King's daughter Rusty (newcomer Ilma Adey), his American offsider Jake (Taylor), and Peter (Tingwell), the playboy owner of King's company who falls in love with Rusty. Directed by noted documentary maker Lee Robinson and produced by Rafferty, this was the first feature film of Rod Taylor. The commentary is by Stephen Vagg, author of the biography "Rod Taylor: An Aussie in Hollywood".