The Great Masquerade (also known as Murder on the Emerald Seas and The AC/DC Caper) is a 1974 American mystery comedy film directed and co-written by Alan Ormsby, and stars Kaye Stevens, Roberts Blossom, Gay Perkins, Frank Logan, Robert Perault, Paul Cronin, and Anya Ormsby. The film's plot follows a detective who infiltrates a drag queen beauty contest aboard a cruise ship in order to solve a series of murders. It was shot in Miami, Florida, and was believed to be lost until circa 2014, when it was released on DVD by Vinegar Syndrome.
Cast
Kaye Stevens as Officer Fulton
Roberts Blossom as Sherwood Gates
Gay Perkins as Lucy McRae
Frank Logan as Chief Willinghand
Robert Perault as Dave Collins
Paul Cronin as Casey
Anya Ormsby as Cookie
Dick Sterling as Gregory LaSalle
Judy LaScala as Rita
Lee Sandman as Vito
John DeSanti as Paco (as John Di Santi) Jeff Gillen as Fancher Jennifer Michalover as Jenny Jordan Johnny Weissmuller as Sepy Debronvi Henny Youngman as Henny Youngman
Home media
In October 2014, The Great Masquerade was released on DVD by Vinegar Syndrome—under the title Murder on the Emerald Seas—and was sold exclusively at the Cinema Wasteland convention and on the Vinegar Syndrome website, limited to 500 units.