Audio commentary for "King of the Coral Sea"

Audio commentary for "King of the Coral Sea"

Stephen Vagg audio commentaries

06/04/2020 12:20PM

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".

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