Hero's Island

Hero's Island, also known as The Land We Love, is a 1962 American action film written and directed by Leslie Stevens. It stars James Mason, Neville Brand, Kate Manx, Rip Torn, Warren Oates and Brendan Dillon. It was released on September 16, 1962, by United Artists.

The film, set in the early 18th century, is about a poor family homesteading on a remote Carolina island, leading to encounters with seagoing vagabonds, good and bad. It was filmed on location on California's Santa Catalina Island, which is much hillier and more arid than any actual part of the coastal Carolinas.

Plot
In 1718 a recently freed family of indentured workers inherits the small uninhabited Bull Island off the Carolina coast. The family consist of husband and wife, one son, and a second son who they bought as a baby. The local fishermen who were already using the island think they own the island and attempt to force the family to leave, during which the husband is killed. The conflict over the island escalates as more people including a castaway, a fugitive from justice, and hired heavies join each side. Not everyone is who they seem or claim to be.

Cast

 * James Mason as Jacob Weber
 * Neville Brand as Kingstree
 * Kate Manx as Devon Mainwaring
 * Rip Torn as Nicholas Gates
 * Warren Oates as Wayte Giddens
 * Brendan Dillon as Thomas Mainwaring
 * Dean Stanton as Dixey Gates
 * Robert Sampson as Enoch Gates
 * Morgan Mason as Cullen
 * Darby Hinton as Jafar
 * John Hudkins as Bullock
 * Bobby Johnson as Pound
 * William Hart as Meggett