DANGEROUS CHARTER is an entirely cheap seafaring thriller filmed on the blue seas around California. It was one of the first pictures distributed by Crown International Pictures and like a lot of their work it's a rather stodgy and disappointing effort with only a few elements of interest to lift it. It doesn't help that the film stock is very poor leaving this a fuzzy-looking viewing experience.
However, it's not all bad and a fast pace means that this is at least a quick watch. The story is about three goofy sailors who discover a ghost ship floating in the ocean. There's a corpse on board but the police have no leads, so they decide to grant the ship to the guys who found it thanks to salvage rights. In reality they're being used as bait to hopefully bring out those who know something about the situation.
The first half of the film ladles on the mystery while the second half becomes something of a hostage thriller. It's all rather inept with a non-acting cast going through the paces, little surprise given that the thing was shot in just five days. Sally Fraser looks great in a bikini but other than her eye candy presence there's little of note to remember about this one.
However, it's not all bad and a fast pace means that this is at least a quick watch. The story is about three goofy sailors who discover a ghost ship floating in the ocean. There's a corpse on board but the police have no leads, so they decide to grant the ship to the guys who found it thanks to salvage rights. In reality they're being used as bait to hopefully bring out those who know something about the situation.
The first half of the film ladles on the mystery while the second half becomes something of a hostage thriller. It's all rather inept with a non-acting cast going through the paces, little surprise given that the thing was shot in just five days. Sally Fraser looks great in a bikini but other than her eye candy presence there's little of note to remember about this one.