The Decks Ran Red

A Rare Great
It was gratifying to watch this great movie again after some 40 years. What a crying shame that such classics have been ignored by the home movie distributors for so long. More of this quality, please, instead of the usual rubbish released today.
Many thanks, Alan G. Clark

Dorothy Dandridge
It's a shame Dorothy Dandridge couldn't do better than this cheap "B" movie after her Oscar nomination for "Carmen Jones" but Hollywood had no starring roles for a beautiful colored girl in the 50's. (Actually, Halle Berry hasn't fared much better in the 21lst century!)

Dorothy is beautiful and ever and has a a couple of scenes that focus more on her dramatic skills than her bust and booty, but non-Dandridge fans will probably will probably pass on this b & w shipwrecked sea farce.

This is the second film Dorothy Dandridge and James Mason were cast in the same film. However, unlike the "Island in the Sun" (1957) interracial fiasco the two stars appear in the same scenes and actually talk to each other in "The Decks Ran Red". I love it when he tells her to wear something "less revealing" yet she comes back with a new blouse left unbuttoned to enhance sex appeal for an unappealing movie that should have washed overboard.



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