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The Sea Flower

1918 · 50 min Drama Adventure War
4.0 / 10 · TMDB

U.S. Secret Service agent Truxton Darnley attires himself as a sailor and boards a schooner owned by arms smuggler Gus Olsen, who is in the employ of German spy Von Linterman to smuggle arms to German raiders in the South Seas. Truxton learns Gus’s plan to blow up the National Munitions Plant in San Francisco, just before his identity is discovery and he is thrown overboard. Washed ashore on the island of Moana, Truxton meets native girl Lurline. Promising to return to her, Truxton boards a steamer bound for San Francisco to foil the plot and soon afterwards Lurline’s father sells her into marriage with Gus. Escaping to Truxton's steamer, Lurline sails to San Francisco where Gus abducts her forcing her to dance in his Barbary Coast saloon. Truxton raids the bar, kills Gus is killed and the lovers are reunited.

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Year 1918
Country United States of America
Genre Drama, Adventure, War
Director Colin Campbell
Runtime 50 min.
Rating TMDB: 4.0/10 (1 votes)

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The film constructs a brisk narrative that blends espionage thriller with South Seas romance, relying on clear moral contrasts and the clash between civilization and island purity.

What lingers after the final confrontation is the simple appeal of a loyal hero and a damsel in distress, set against a backdrop of wartime intrigue and exotic escape. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Colin Campbell

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Best viewed as a prime example of silent-era adventure melodrama.

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