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Four Frightened People (1934) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1934 · 78 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Starring
- Ethel Griffies, Mary Boland, Teru Shimada, Herbert Marshall, Claudette Colbert, William Gargan
Set on a Malayan tropical island, the film follows a love‑triangle adventure when a bubonic plague erupts on a cruise ship. Four survivors escape in a tiny boat, reach a deserted island and endure wild escapades while two men compete for the young schoolteacher with them.
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