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Feature film — 1953

Fair Wind to Java (1953)

5.61h 32mAction — Adventure

The Dutch East Indies, at the end of the nineteenth century. An adventurous captain of an American merchant vessel is looking for a sunken Dutch vessel containing 10,000 precious diamonds. Unfortunately, he's not the only one and then there's also that volcano on the nearby island of Krakatau, waiting to explode in its historical, disastrous eruption...

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Republic Pictures

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Director: Joseph Kane

On screen

Cast & crew

Fred MacMurray as Captain Boll

Fred MacMurray

Captain Boll

Vera Ralston as Kim Kim

Vera Ralston

Kim Kim

Robert Douglas as Saint Ebenezer / Pulo Besar

Robert Douglas

Saint Ebenezer / Pulo Besar

Victor McLaglen as O'Brien

Victor McLaglen

O'Brien

John Russell as Flint

John Russell

Flint

Claude Jarman Jr. as Chess

Claude Jarman Jr.

Chess

Paul Fix as Wilson

Paul Fix

Wilson

Grant Withers as Jason Blue

Grant Withers

Jason Blue

Chuck Hayward as Sailor

Chuck Hayward

Sailor

Buddy Baer as King

Buddy Baer

King

Howard Petrie as Reeder

Howard Petrie

Reeder

William Murphy as Ahab

William Murphy

Ahab

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