His Majesty O'Keefe
1954 · 90 MIN · IMDB 6.1 · 1,505 VOTES · DIR. Byron Haskin
Overview
Men steal for it. Nations go to war for it. The it is oil - and it grows on trees. Coconut oil is the precious lifeblood of 1870s South Seas traders. And lots of real blood will be spilled to get it! Screen royalty Burt Lancaster is His Majesty O'Keefe in this last of three adventures that (along with The Flame and the Arrow and The Crimson Pirate) blew a revitalizing wind into the sails of the swashbuckler genre. Action, cunning and derring-do are watchwords of the title seafarer as he befriends, defends and ultimately rules the islanders of exotic Yap. Lensed on gorgeus Fiji locations, grandly scored by Robert Farnon and rousingly directed by Byron Haskin, His Majesty O'Keefe delivers heroics of regal proportions.
Dialogue Timeline — 779 lines
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00:01:46 Center of the coconut and copra trade.
00:06:41 ...this driving ambition to reach the top.
00:08:31 I'll do better than that.
00:15:22 Boogulroo says you are a great warrior.
00:18:48 You offer them a fortune for a few coconuts and they refuse to work...
00:20:36 Do you really mean you'd move in?
00:24:03 Until then, she's your ship.
00:25:46 Spread the word around, o'Keefe. Nobody's going down there but me.
00:27:54 Your ship.
00:30:34 Cover me.
00:35:49 "Up a tower to the east, guarded..."
00:38:16 I don't know that either, but Papa says he'll arrange that.
00:40:43 Here it is. A real authority.
00:44:15 When the winds are right, they come here to quarry these round stones.
00:48:14 A gesture of friendship. Does it surprise you?
00:51:01 of course not.
00:54:04 Are you going to leave?
00:57:26 out you go, all of you.
00:59:42 Hang on tight, Dallie. Here we go.
01:03:45 This time, he's after slaves.
01:13:15 of all the men that left with Boogulroo, only these have returned.
01:17:33 - We leave for Palau immediately. - Yes, captain.
01:22:45 Dallie!
01:26:51 They must decide between themselves and choose a new king.