Two 19th-century sailors jump ship only to discover their tropical paradise is a cannibal stronghold.Two 19th-century sailors jump ship only to discover their tropical paradise is a cannibal stronghold.Two 19th-century sailors jump ship only to discover their tropical paradise is a cannibal stronghold.
Friedrich von Ledebur
- Mehevi
- (as Friedrich Ledebur)
Agustín Fernández
- Kory Kory
- (uncredited)
Les Hellman
- 1st Mate Moore
- (uncredited)
Francisco Reiguera
- Medicine Man
- (uncredited)
Eddie Saenz
- Sailor
- (uncredited)
Paul Stader
- Sailor
- (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
- Sailor
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaAccording to a 1987 "Films in Review" article Jane Powell said, "It was a terrible movie. Dwan had no interest in it; and Dana Andrews was drinking at the time. It was really a fiasco! The best thing about it was that it gave the family a great vacation in Acapulco."
- Quotes
Abner 'Ab' Bedford: I don't like anybody very much.
- Alternate versionsSome prints open with the RKO Radio logo, some with the Warner Brothers logo.
- ConnectionsVersion of Last of the Pagans (1935)
- SoundtracksEnchanted Island
Music by Robert Allen
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Dwan Winds Down
This movie was Alan Dwan's 406th as director. It was also his next to last. It stars a sozzled Dana Andrews as a sailor who has jumped ship on a tropical Island and Jane Powell as the Polynesian princess he falls in love with. She is, of course, the member of a tribe of cannibals.
The script takes Herman Melville's turgid novel about religion masquerading as evil and vice versa, and converts it into a brightly-lit Technicolor adventure story. Like others of Dwan's movies of the period, it combines a lesson about duality -- I'm not sure what the lesson was, but it's clearly there. Blond, slight Don Dubbins offers that contrast.
Mostly it's interesting for the way cinematographer Jorge Stahl manages to light bright greens and blues in a sepia world.
The script takes Herman Melville's turgid novel about religion masquerading as evil and vice versa, and converts it into a brightly-lit Technicolor adventure story. Like others of Dwan's movies of the period, it combines a lesson about duality -- I'm not sure what the lesson was, but it's clearly there. Blond, slight Don Dubbins offers that contrast.
Mostly it's interesting for the way cinematographer Jorge Stahl manages to light bright greens and blues in a sepia world.
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- boblipton
- Jun 17, 2017
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- Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico(cliff diving same location as Fun in Acapulco)
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- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
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