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The film is also known as '''''The Shark God''''' in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>SHARK GOD, the. (1950, Monthly Film Bulletin, 17, 106. Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/1305823484</ref>
The film is also known as '''''The Shark God''''' in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>SHARK GOD, the. (1950, Monthly Film Bulletin, 17, 106. Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/1305823484</ref>



''Filmink'' magazine wrote that the film "was cheap and silly, the sort of thing you don’t want to appear in if you’re on the way up, but is actually quite fun and if Randell wasn’t a great star he was a perfectly acceptable lead. He went on to appear in a series of low budget adventure stories along this line."<ref>
{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/unsung-aussie-actors-ron-randell-top-twenty/|title=Unsung Aussie Actors – Ron Randell: A Top Twenty|date=August 10, 2019}}</ref
==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Ron Randell]] as Jeff Garland
* [[Ron Randell]] as Jeff Garland

Revision as of 02:16, 4 November 2019

Omoo-Omoo, the Shark God
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLeon Leonard
Written byGeorge D. Green
Leon Leonard
Produced byLeonard S. Picker
StarringRon Randell
Devera Burton
CinematographyBenjamin H. Kline
Edited byStanley Frazen
Music byAlbert Glasser
Production
company
Esla Pictures
Distributed byScreen Guild Productions
Release date
June 10, 1949
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Omoo-Omoo the Shark God is a 1949 American exploitation film directed by Leon Leonard. Loosely based on the Herman Melville novel Omoo,[1] it is about the curses that befall a ship following the removal of pearls from an island shrine.

The film is also known as The Shark God in the United Kingdom.[2]


Filmink magazine wrote that the film "was cheap and silly, the sort of thing you don’t want to appear in if you’re on the way up, but is actually quite fun and if Randell wasn’t a great star he was a perfectly acceptable lead. He went on to appear in a series of low budget adventure stories along this line."<ref> Vagg, Stephen (August 10, 2019). "Unsung Aussie Actors – Ron Randell: A Top Twenty". Filmink.</ref

Cast

References

  1. ^ Rollyson, Carl E.; Olson Paddock, Lisa; Gentry, April (2007). Critical Companion to Herman Melville: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work. Infobase Publishing. p. 170. ISBN 1-438-10847-8.
  2. ^ SHARK GOD, the. (1950, Monthly Film Bulletin, 17, 106. Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/1305823484


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