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Image source: Internet Archive (archive.org)

Movie Source: Internet Archive (archive.org)

Other Versions of this Movie

1956

Manfish, AAP, lon chaney jr, Victor Jory, John Bromfield, Edgar Allan Poe, murder, Guilt, revenge, mystery, Action, sea, Boat

Lon Chaney. Victor Jory and John Bromfield star in this nautically set variation on the Poe stories The Tell-Tale Heart and The Gold Bug. Three fishermen go in search of a treasure and it leads to murder.

Manfish is an adventure film, released by United Artists in 1956 and originally filmed in DeLuxe Color. Filmed in Jamaica, it was released in Great Britain as Calypso. It was based on the stories "The Gold-Bug" and "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. Actor John Bromfield starred as Captain Brannigan and Lon Chaney Jr. played the role of Swede. The leading female star was Tessa Prendergast, who played Alita. Tessa later became a fashion designer and designed the white bikini of Ursula Andress for Dr. No (film). ... Calypso

Soundtrack

Big Fish, Manfish and Goodbye written and performed by Clyde Hoyte<br>
Beware the Caribbean written by Richard Koerner and performed by Barbara Nichols

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Category:1956 films
Category:1950s adventure films
Category:American films
Category:English-language films
Category:Films set in Jamaica
Category:Films shot in Jamaica
Category:Films based on The Tell-Tale Heart
Category:Films based on works by Edgar Allan Poe
Category:United Artists films
Category:Treasure hunt films
Category:Films set in the Caribbean
Category:Underwater action films
Category:Seafaring films

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