Strange Journey

Strange Journey

A STRANGE STORY OF LOVE AND VIOLENCE!

NR 1946 · 65 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama, Action, Adventure

Reformed racketeer "Lucky" Leeds flees from the police when he thinks they are about to arrest him for a murder he didn't commit. He and his wife Patti fly to his privately-owned remote island and have to crash land. Also on the island is a group of shipwrecked people, including a German professor, his daughter, an English journalist, a wealthy widow, a sailor and a Nazi Agent.

Directed by James Tinling · Written by Charles Kenyon

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