She Gods of Shark Reef

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She Gods of Shark Reef
Directed by	Roger Corman
Produced by	Ludwig H. Gerber
Written by	Robert Hill Victor Stoloff
Starring	Bill Cord Don Durant Lisa Montell Jeanne Gerson
Music by	Frances Hall Ronald Stein
Cinematography	Floyd Crosby
Editing by	Frank Sullivan
Distributed by	American International Pictures
Release date(s)	August 1958
Running time	63 min
Country
Language	English
Budget	$50,000 (estimated)
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She Gods of Shark Reef is a 1958 film directed by Roger Corman.

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From Towering Wild Adventure to the Depths of Hellish Horror!
Beautiful Maidens in a Lush Tropical Paradise Ruled by a Hideous Stone God!

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A young and reckless criminal Jim (Don Durant), stows away on his brother Chris Johnson's (Bill Cord) boat after killing two men. As they sail out to sea they are caught in a terrible storm and are shipwrecked off a beautiful island that is inhabited by a secretive village of pearl divers. Though the lonely and beautiful women of the island are friendly and flirtatious with the two brothers (the only remaining survivors, the village elder Queen Pua (Jeanne Gearson) are cautious and hostile, wanting the two off the island as soon as possible. Jim falls in love with one of the island beauties Mahia (Lisa Montell) while the Chris, being a wanted man, seeks to escape before the naval ship sent to rescue them arrives. Terrified of being recognized and executed for his crimes, he fixes one of the islanders broken boats and lets his brother and his forbidden love in on his plan. But before they can leave, the black hearted criminal is over come by greed and steals the islanders precious pearls, injuring a native in the process. Once out to sea Chris discovers what his sibling has done and tries to stop him in a thrilling fight on some jagged rocks. Jim tries to get away but he gets stumbled in the ropes and falls to the sea where the shark kills him finally punishing him for the crimes.