---
title: 'Fiend of Dope Island (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Nate Watt'
released: '1959-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/fiend-of-dope-island-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0194879/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Fiend of Dope Island (1959)

1959 · Adventure · United States


## Synopsis

Fiend of Dope Island, also released as Whiplash, was a lurid men's adventure type motion picture filmed in 1959 and released in 1961. The picture starred and was co-written by Bruce Bennett and was the final film directed by Nate Watt. It was filmed in Puerto Rico where producer J. Harold Odell had previously filmed his Machete (1958) and Counterplot (1959). Several scenes were censored for the United States release. The film co-stars Tania Velia, billed as the "Yugoslavian Bombshell" who had appeared in the July 1959 Playboy, and Puerto Rican actor Miguel Ángel Álvarez.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Bruce Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-bennett)
- **Director:** [Nate Watt](https://cinepixo.com/people/nate-watt)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gayne Rescher](https://cinepixo.com/people/gayne-rescher)

## Cast

- [Bruce Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-bennett)
- [Robert Bray](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-bray)

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