Fiend of Dope Island, also released as Whiplash, was a lurid men's adventure

Men's adventure

Men's adventure is a genre of magazines that had its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s. Catering to a male audience, these magazines featured glamour photography and lurid tales of adventure that typically featured wartime feats of daring, exotic travel or conflict with wild animals.These magazines are...

 type motion picture filmed in 1959 and released in 1961. It starred and was co-written by Bruce Bennett

Bruce Bennett

Bruce Bennett was an American actor and Olympic silver medalist shot putter. During the 1930s, he went by his real name, Herman Brix .-Early life and Olympics:...

 and was the final film directed by Nate Watt. It was filmed in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

 where producer J. Harold Odell had previoulsy 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

Playboy

Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...

and Puerto Rican actor Miguel Ángel Álvarez

Miguel Ángel Álvarez

Miguel Ángel Álvarez, also known as "El Men," , was a Puerto Rican comedian and actor.-Early years:...

.

Plot

Charlie Davis runs his own island in the Caribbean with a literal whip hand making his income as a marijuana grower, exporter and gunrunner. He hires a female entertainer to amuse the clients of his cantina

Cantina

Cantina is a word that can refer to various places and establishments. It is similar in etymology to "canteen", and is derived from the Italian word for a cellar, winery, or vault.Cantinas are found in many towns of Italy...

 and himself.

Charlie's world falls apart when one of his employees is an undercover

Undercover

Being undercover is disguising one's own identity or using an assumed identity for the purposes of gaining the trust of an individual or organization to learn secret information or to gain the trust of targeted individuals in order to gain information or evidence...

 narcotics investigator. The trouble escalates to a full native rebellion

Rebellion

Rebellion, uprising or insurrection, is a refusal of obedience or order. It may, therefore, be seen as encompassing a range of behaviors aimed at destroying or replacing an established authority such as a government or a head of state...

 and shark

Shark

Sharks are a type of fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton and a highly streamlined body. The earliest known sharks date from more than 420 million years ago....

 attack.

Legacy

The Cramps

The Cramps

The Cramps were an American rock band, formed in 1976 and active until 2009. The band split after the death of lead singer Lux Interior. Their line-up rotated much over their existence, with the husband and wife duo of Interior and lead guitarist Poison Ivy the only permanent members...

 named their 2002 record album Fiends of Dope Island

Fiends of Dope Island

Fiends of Dope Island is the thirteenth and final album by the American garage punk band The Cramps. The Cramps resurrected their own record label Vengeance Records to release the album. It was recorded in Hollywood, CA in August 2002. It was self-produced by Poison Ivy and Lux Interior...

after the film.

Cast

Bruce Bennett

Bruce Bennett

Bruce Bennett was an American actor and Olympic silver medalist shot putter. During the 1930s, he went by his real name, Herman Brix .-Early life and Olympics:...

 ... Charlie Davis

Robert Bray

Robert Bray

Robert E. Bray was an American film and television actor probably best remembered for his role as the forest ranger Corey Stuart in the long-running CBS series Lassie.-Life and career:...

 ... David

Tania Velia ... Glory La Verne

Ralph A. Rodriguez ... Naru

Miguel Ángel Álvarez

Miguel Ángel Álvarez

Miguel Ángel Álvarez, also known as "El Men," , was a Puerto Rican comedian and actor.-Early years:...

... Capt. Fred