Movie
The Light at the Edge of the World
Overview
Pirates take over a lighthouse on a rocky island. They then execute a devious plan to cause ships to run aground, pillaging their wrecks. A lone member of the lighthouse crew survives, and he deperately fights their plot. A shipwrecked maiden that avoids the pirates slaughter soon complicates the situation.
Details
- Release date
- 1971-07-16
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Jetfilm, Triumfilm, Bryna Productions, National General Pictures
- Country
- United States of America, Liechtenstein, Spain, Switzerland
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Kirk Douglas as Will Denton
- Yul Brynner as Jonathan Kongre
- Samantha Eggar as Arabella
- Jean-Claude Drouot as Virgilio
- Fernando Rey as Captain Moriz
- Renato Salvatori as Montefiore
- Massimo Ranieri as Felipe
- Aldo Sambrell as Tarcante (as Aldo Sanbrell)
- Tito García as Emilio (as Tito Garcia)
- Víctor Israel as Das Mortes (as Victor Israel)
- Antonio Rebollo as Santos (as Tony Skios)
- Luis Barboo as Calsa Larga (as Luis Bar Boo)
Crew
- Kevin Billington - Director
- Rachel Billington - Writer
- Tom Rowe - Screenplay
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