Mercy Island

Mercy Island
Mercy Island
Directed by	William Morgan
Written by	Malcolm Stuart Boylan; Theodore Pratt (novel)
Produced by	Armand Schaefer
Starring	Ray Middleton; Gloria Dickson; Otto Kruger
Cinematography	Reggie Lanning
Edited by	Ernest J. Nims
Music by	Walter Scharf (Music by-uncredited); Cy Feuer (music director); Mort Glickman (orchestrator-uncredited); Herman Hand (additional orchestrator-uncredited)
Production; company	Republic Pictures
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date	October 10, 1941;
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Mercy Island is a 1941 American drama film directed by William Morgan and starring Ray Middleton, Gloria Dickson and Otto Kruger. It was nominated at the 14th Academy Awards, held in 1941, for Best Score of a Dramatic Picture, for which Walter Scharf and Cy Feuer received nominations.^[1]^[2]

Plot

A young man takes his wife and a friend on a fishing trip to the Florida Keys on a boat owned by local Conks. Following a blow on the head when their boat hits a shallow bottom and loses its propeller, the husband becomes mentally unstable and believes his wife is having an affair.

Cast

Ray Middleton as Warren Ramsey
Gloria Dickson as Leslie Ramsey
Otto Kruger as Dr. Sanderson
Donald Douglas as Clay Foster
Forrester Harvey as Captain Lowe
Terry Kilburn as Wiccy

References

^ "Mercy-Island - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
^ "The 14th Academy Awards | 1942".

External links

Mercy Island at IMDb
Mercy Island at the TCM Movie Database
Mercy Island at AllMovie

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[1] "Mercy-Island - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2015.

[2] "The 14th Academy Awards | 1942".

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