The Golden Mistress (1954)
83 min
Ann Dexter, daughter of an itinerant Haiti waterfront character, Carl Dexter, brings a golden idol, which her father her stolen at a voodoo ceremony, to Bill Buchanan, who is known along the waterfront as a man eternally on a treasure hunt. He agrees to let Ann accompany him in search of the treasure after a native he befriended gives him directions and certain voodoo secret charms. They follow an underwater passage to an island where they find a Pagan tribe. They learn that the golden idol is a burial symbol representing the dead and that hundreds of idols are at the bottom of the sacred burial lake.
- Release date
- October 29, 1954
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Raoul Kraushaar
Cast
- John Agar as Bill Buchanan
- Rosemarie Stack as Ann Dexter
- Abner Biberman as Carl Dexter
- André Narcisse as Iznard - Dombala Houngan
- Jacques Molant as Ti Flute
- André Contant as Dombala Soloist
- Pierre Blain as The Houngan
- Shibley Talamas as DuPuis
- André Saint-Germain as Spearman
- Napoleon Bernard as Dombala Soloist
Crew
- Abner Biberman · Director
- Lee Hewitt · Writer
- Abner Biberman · Writer
- Richard Kay · Producer
- Harry Rybnick · Producer
- Raoul Kraushaar · Composer
- William C. Thompson · Cinematographer
- Howard A. Smith · Editor