Red Buckley, a thug with naturally red hair, offers to work for Duvall, a plantation owner on a tropical island gripped in civil war. Red teams up with Duvall's mistress, Katherine, in order to steal Duvall's prized possession: a highly valuable black pearl. Red later double-crosses Katherine, only to be double-crossed himself by a mysterious priestess. Directed by: Tobe Hooper. Story by: Gilbert Adler.