The Hound of the Deep

The Hound of the Deep is a 1926 BritishAustralian silent drama film directed by Frank Hurley and starring Eric Bransby Williams, Lilian Douglas and Jameson Thomas.

Under the terms of his uncles will, John Strong Eric Bransby Williams must go to Thursday Island and find a pearl within two years or the Reuben Strong pearling station and his great wealth will revert to another, Black Darley Jameson Thomas. Eventually Strong finds the pearl, defeats Darley and discovers romance with the daughter Lillian Douglas of an island trader W.G. Saunders.After the disappointing reception to his documentaries in America, Hurley decided to go into dramatic feature films. He succeed in persuading the Australianborn British theatre magnate Sir Oswald Stoll to provide 10,000 and several actors and technicians to make two films in Papua and Thursday Island, this and Jungle Woman. ........

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