Overview

Men steal for it. Nations go to war for it. The it is oil - and it grows on trees. Coconut oil is the precious lifeblood of 1870s South Seas traders. And lots of real blood will be spilled to get it! Screen royalty Burt Lancaster is His Majesty O'Keefe in this last of three adventures that (along with The Flame and the Arrow and The Crimson Pirate) blew a revitalizing wind into the sails of the swashbuckler genre. Action, cunning and derring-do are watchwords of the title seafarer as he befriends, defends and ultimately rules the islanders of exotic Yap. Lensed on gorgeus Fiji locations, grandly scored by Robert Farnon and rousingly directed by Byron Haskin, His Majesty O'Keefe delivers heroics of regal proportions.

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Cast

Burt Lancaster

Capt. David Dion O'Keefe

Joan Rice

Dalabo aki Dali

André Morell

Alfred Tetins

Abraham Sofaer

Fatumak, Medicine Man

Archie Savage

Boogulroo

Benson Fong

Mr. Chou

Tessa Prendergast

Kakofel

Charles Horvath

Capt. Bully Hayes

Philip Ahn

Sien Tang, Dentist

Guy Doleman

Herb Weber

Grant Taylor

Lt. Brenner

Jimmy Dime

Sailor at Table in Saloon (uncredited)