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High Adventure: Son of Fury

BBC One
on BBC One London

Tonight's film in this season of adventure films stars Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, George Sanders
with Frances Farmer, Roddy McDowall, Elsa Lanchester, John Carradine

After a miserable childhood and cheated of his inheritance by his villainous uncle, Benjamin Blake leaves home and stows away on a ship bound for the South Seas.
Tyrone Power is the fiery hero who has to battle his way across the world to claim his heritage - with Gene Tierney as the exotic Polynesian beauty who wins his heart.

Contributors

Based on the novel by:
Edison Marshall
Producer:
Darryl F. Zanuck
Director:
John Cromwell
Benjamin Blake:
Tyrone Power
Eve:
Gene Tierney
Sir Arthur Blake:
George Sanders
Isabel:
Frances Farmer
Benjamin (as a boy):
Roddy McDowall
Caleb Green:
John Carradine
Bristol Isabel:
Elsa Lanchester
Amos Kidder:
Harry Davenport
Helena:
Kay Johnson
Pratt:
Dudley Digges
Purdy:
Halliwell Hobbes
Kenneth Hobart:
Marten Lamont
Captain Greenough:
Arthur Hohl
Source: Radio Times

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