McVeagh of the South Seas

McVeagh of the South Seas

59 mins | Drama, Adventure | Nov. 2, 1914

Harvard grad Bruce McVeagh has fled San Francisco for the South Seas, where he rules as a king on a remote island. With his half-crazed first-mate 'Pearly' Gates, he keeps the natives subjugated with gin. Any who dare disobey him find brutal punishment on his dreaded torture rack. But his kingdom threatens to crash down around him when his lost love, Nancy Darrell, is shipwrecked on the island, just as the aroused natives rise up against their tormentor in an armed rebellion.

McVeagh of the South Seas

59 mins | Drama, Adventure | Nov. 2, 1914

McVeagh of the South Seas
Harvard grad Bruce McVeagh has fled San Francisco for the South Seas, where he rules as a king on a remote island. With his half-crazed first-mate 'Pearly' Gates, he keeps the natives subjugated with gin. Any who dare disobey him find brutal punishment on his dreaded torture rack. But his kingdom threatens to crash down around him when his lost love, Nancy Darrell, is shipwrecked on the island, just as the aroused natives rise up against their tormentor in an armed rebellion.
Producers Progressive Motion Picture Company
Original title McVeagh of the South Seas
Directors Cyril Bruce, Harry Carey
Writers Harry Carey

Cast

Harry Carey

as Cyril Bruce McVeagh

Fern Foster

as Liana

Herbert Russell

as 'Pearly' Gates

Jack Terry

as Harmon Darrell

Kathleen Butler

as Nancy Darrell