A distinguished young Naval officer from a celebrated military falls prey to a terrorist and his seductress accomplice bent on destroying the Panama Canal.
Acting
Lugosi's hypnotic eyes before he learned English — pure visual menace.
Production
Actual Navy cooperation for authentic battleship footage.
Costume
Martha Mansfield's vamp wardrobe stealing every intertitle.
Director
J. Gordon Edwards
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was commissioned by the U.S. Navy as recruitment propaganda, explaining the heroic portrayal of Decatur and the extended ship footage.
Martha Mansfield died horrifically the following year when her Civil War costume caught fire on set — making this vamp role eerily preserved in time.
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