Way back in the early 60s before Jack Nicholson had any kind of box office he
co-wrote the screenplay for Thunder Island which is shot in black and white on
Puerto Rico. It concerns charter boat skipper Brian Kelly who has his wife Fay
Spain and daughter captured while he's forced to aid an assassination of an
exiled dictator from some Latin American country.
Gene Nelson does a nice job as a deadly professional hitman who uses a diver's spear gun as his weapon and he's deadly and good at it. Musicals were over so Nelson was trying to extend his career in dramatic roles and directing.
This totally lacked any real production values, but taking that into account the story wasn't bad.
Now why do I think that had this been done in 1983 instead of 1963 we would have gotten all the budget needed for Jack Nicholson.
Gene Nelson does a nice job as a deadly professional hitman who uses a diver's spear gun as his weapon and he's deadly and good at it. Musicals were over so Nelson was trying to extend his career in dramatic roles and directing.
This totally lacked any real production values, but taking that into account the story wasn't bad.
Now why do I think that had this been done in 1983 instead of 1963 we would have gotten all the budget needed for Jack Nicholson.