Lindsey had been captured three days earlier during a surveillance operation while tracking psychopathic Owen Davian, an "extremely dangerous" black-market arms trafficker.Douglas Fairbanks wrote the story (under the pseudonym Elton Thomas), performed in, and produced the film.Other main characters, Catherine""s two guardians (who are both widowed and often speak ideally about their dead spouses) are introduced:Dr.Byam was quickly entranced after meeting and falling in love with one of the beautiful Tahitian women, Tehani (Maria "Movita" Castaneda, who later married Marlon Brando!).