On the Isle of Samoa (1950)
Directed by William Berke / William A. Berke
Genres - Action, Adventure |
Sub-Genres - Adventure Drama |
Release Date - Aug 3, 1950 (USA - Unknown), Aug 3, 1950 (USA) |
Run Time - 65 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
In On the Isle of Samoa, beefcake star Jon Hall plays Kenneth Crandall, an unsavory gambler who absconds with his partner's money in a stolen plane. He crashes on an unchartered island, where he comes across a tribe of English-speaking natives, benevolently overseen by selfless missionary Peter Appleton (Raymond Greenleaf). The hard-bitten Crandall comes around to Appleton's way of thinking after a near-cataclysmic volcanic eruption, realizing at long last that money isn't everything. It helps, of course, that native girl Moana (Susan Cabot) has fallen in love with Crandall in the meantime.
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accident, bad-guy-turns-good, boating, crash, criminal, eruption, gambling, happiness, island, loot, love, missionary, native, paradise, partner, past, problems, repair-person, return, Samoan, sea, shipwreck, society, South-Seas, girl, plans
