"PITY THE POOR CASTAWAYS ON THIS TROPICAL ISLE WITH LAMOUR" 05 October 1944 Music 98 mins
Three merchant seamen fleeing the Japanese take refuge on a Pacific island, where they come across a doctor and his daughter who take care of the natives, a hostile tribe that wants to kill the sailors for trespassing on their sacred ground.
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Dorothy Lamour as Lona
Eddie Bracken as Toby Smith
Gil Lamb as Pete Jenkins
Barry Sullivan as Ken Masters
Forrest Orr as Dr. Curtis
Anne Revere as Queen Oklana
Reed Hadley as High Priest Kahuna
Marc Lawrence as Alcoa
Adia Kuznetzoff as Executioner
Olga San Juan as Miki
Elena Verdugo as Moana
Bobby Barber as Native Banana Man
Yvonne De Carlo as Lona's Companion
Noel Neill as Lona's Companion
Frank Wilcox as Captain
Audrey Young as Native Girl
Roy Webb Original Music Composer
Walter DeLeon Screenplay
Ralph Murphy Director
Hans Dreier Art Direction
Edith Head Costume Design
Arthur P. Schmidt Editor
Haldane Douglas Art Direction
George Sawley Set Decoration
Arthur Phillips Screenplay
Karl Struss Director of Photography
Ted Koehler Lyricist
Burton Lane Songs
United States 05 October 1944
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