Dangerous Charter (The Film Detective Restored Version)

The crew of a fishing boat discovers an abandoned luxury yacht with a dead body onboard. They claim the vessel as salvage, not knowing $500,000 worth of heroin has been stashed inside by a drug smuggling ring! Chris Warfield, Sally Fraser, and Chick Chandler star in this forgotten independent thriller from director Robert Gottschalk. Filmed in five days near Santa Catalina Island, the movie was conceived by Gottschalk as a showcase for the Panavision photographic process, which he'd invented. It's a nerve-shattering voyage with death lurking at every turn!

• classic film
• crime
• drugs
• the film detective
• thriller