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The Tahitian

The Tahitian

  • French Polynesia,
  • United States
  • 1959
  • · 79m

Director James Knott
Cast Ana, Vahio, Taia Tepava, Tehapaitua Salmon, George Thooris
Genre Drama

A group of scientists are trying to stop a filaria epidemic spreading through a Tahitian population. They meet resistance in using western medicine to combat the disease from the medicine man and chief until the chief's son is infested with the parasitic worm which causes the disease.

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