**SPOILERS** Base on the W. Somerset Maugham novel "Narrow Corner" the 1936 movie "Isle of Fury" has to do with a mixed up love triangle between Tantana island's pearl salesman Val Stevens, Humphrey Bogart, his newly wed wife Lucille, Margaret Lindsey, and the mystery man of the film Eric Blake, Donald Woods.
It's Eric who showed up at Tantana unexpectedly when the ship he was on was grounded on the island in a violent Pacific typhoon. With Eric as well as the ship's Captain Deever, Paul Graetz, saved by the valiant and fearless Val he soon was captivated by Val's new bride Lucille whom he hopelessly fell madly in love with. Val for his part never suspected any hanky panky going on between Eric and Lucille even going so far as offering Eric a job on the island that would keep him and Lucille close together when he went out, on his boat, on pearl diving expeditions. What Val also didn't suspect is exactly why Eric was on Tankana in the first place! This had to do with something that he did back in the states that he's been running from the last two years!
Humphrey Bogart, as the valiant Val Stevens, looking trim and fit as well as salty, from diving for pearls and fighting a giant octopus, tries to start a new life for himself on the South Pacifc island of Tankana but his somewhat dark & shady past keeps him from doing that. It's later in the film that we find out that Capt. Deever had some idea of what his passenger Eric Woods was really after in going to that out of the way island in the Pacific and it wasn't for it's sunshine and coconuts.
***SPOILERS*** Deever trying to stir up trouble, in order to make whatever his his plans were much easier, between Val & Eric plants this false and vicious rumor that Eric was sleeping with Val's old lady Lucille. Val whom Eric had earlier saved from being killed by the killer octopus now goes to confront, and kill, both Eric and Lucille for what they were doing behind his back! It's then that the psychotic and kill crazy Val is talked out of doing what he planned to do by Doc Hardy, E.E Clive, who knew the truth behind Val's flight from justice back in the US. Doc also knew that Eric had come to the same conclusion to what he did about Val being the Innocent victim or pasty in the murder of Richard Lord: whoever he was!
The one thing standing in the way of Val's freedom from a life sentence or execution by the state was the greedy and money hungry Capt. Deever who had shown earlier, in trying to rip off Eric's billfold, what a low down skunk he was. Luckily for everyone in the movie, except Capt. Deever, old man Chris Anderson, Gordon Hart, who was hiding in the bushes, and drinking his spiced gin & tonic, just happened to show up unannounced at the scene. Coming up on him from behind Chris put Deever's sinister plan, together with himself, in turning Val over to the police, for a hefty reward, on ice!
It's Eric who showed up at Tantana unexpectedly when the ship he was on was grounded on the island in a violent Pacific typhoon. With Eric as well as the ship's Captain Deever, Paul Graetz, saved by the valiant and fearless Val he soon was captivated by Val's new bride Lucille whom he hopelessly fell madly in love with. Val for his part never suspected any hanky panky going on between Eric and Lucille even going so far as offering Eric a job on the island that would keep him and Lucille close together when he went out, on his boat, on pearl diving expeditions. What Val also didn't suspect is exactly why Eric was on Tankana in the first place! This had to do with something that he did back in the states that he's been running from the last two years!
Humphrey Bogart, as the valiant Val Stevens, looking trim and fit as well as salty, from diving for pearls and fighting a giant octopus, tries to start a new life for himself on the South Pacifc island of Tankana but his somewhat dark & shady past keeps him from doing that. It's later in the film that we find out that Capt. Deever had some idea of what his passenger Eric Woods was really after in going to that out of the way island in the Pacific and it wasn't for it's sunshine and coconuts.
***SPOILERS*** Deever trying to stir up trouble, in order to make whatever his his plans were much easier, between Val & Eric plants this false and vicious rumor that Eric was sleeping with Val's old lady Lucille. Val whom Eric had earlier saved from being killed by the killer octopus now goes to confront, and kill, both Eric and Lucille for what they were doing behind his back! It's then that the psychotic and kill crazy Val is talked out of doing what he planned to do by Doc Hardy, E.E Clive, who knew the truth behind Val's flight from justice back in the US. Doc also knew that Eric had come to the same conclusion to what he did about Val being the Innocent victim or pasty in the murder of Richard Lord: whoever he was!
The one thing standing in the way of Val's freedom from a life sentence or execution by the state was the greedy and money hungry Capt. Deever who had shown earlier, in trying to rip off Eric's billfold, what a low down skunk he was. Luckily for everyone in the movie, except Capt. Deever, old man Chris Anderson, Gordon Hart, who was hiding in the bushes, and drinking his spiced gin & tonic, just happened to show up unannounced at the scene. Coming up on him from behind Chris put Deever's sinister plan, together with himself, in turning Val over to the police, for a hefty reward, on ice!