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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Burt Lancaster as Capt. David Dion O'Keefe
Joan Rice as Dalabo aki Dali
André Morell as Alfred Tetins
Abraham Sofaer as Fatumak, Medicine Man
Archie Savage as Boogulroo
Benson Fong as Mr. Chou
Tessa Prendergast as Kakofel
Lloyd Berrell as Inifel
Charles Horvath as Capt. Bully Hayes
Philip Ahn as Sien Tang, Dentist
Guy Doleman as Herb Weber
Grant Taylor as Lt. Brenner
Alexander Archdale as Bob Harris
Harvey Adams as Herr Friedlander
James Dime as Sailor at Table in Saloon (uncredited)
Sol Gorss as Tough Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
Paul Picerni as Spanish Ship Owner (uncredited)
Jack Stoney as Tough Sailor in Fight (uncredited)
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