The Blue Lagoon (1949)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Frank Launder

Writers:

John Baines (writer)
Michael Hogan (writer)

Release Date:

19 September 1949 (Denmark)

Genre:

Adventure | Romance

Plot:

Two children are shipwrecked on a desert-island and fall in love while growing up together. |

Plot Keywords:

Desert Island | Beautiful Woman | Ship Wreck | Island | Castaway

Cast

Jean Simmons	...	Emmeline Foster
Donald Houston	...	Michael Reynolds
Susan Stranks	...	Emmeline, as child
Peter Rudolph Jones	...	Michael, as child (as Peter Jones)
Noel Purcell	...	Paddy Button
James Hayter	...	Doctor Murdoch
Cyril Cusack	...	James Carter
Nora Nicholson	...	Mrs. Stannard
Maurice Denham	...	Ship Captain
Philip Stainton	...	Mr. Ansty
Patrick Barr	...	Second Mate
Lyn Evans	...	Trotter
Russell Waters	...	Craggs
John Boxer	...	Nick Corbett
Bill Raymond	...	Marsden

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-8 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Fiji

Company:

Individual Pictures

Trivia:

Director Frank Launder broke his arm while on location filming.

Movie Connections:

Featured in An Adventure in Filmmaking: The Making of 'The Blue Lagoon' (1980)

My First Time

I remember it like it was last night because it was. Its

October 6th 2:00 in the morning ET I am flipping through channels (Basic Cable), and for some reason I stop on Channel 22 (TBS Superstation). There was a movie in progress. All I could see was two kids on a small row boat one of them was obviously female and not wearing a shirt. The other was a male with very curly hair. The commercial break came and they announced the name of the movie, The Blue Lagoon. I had never heard of this movie before. Knowing I had a 7 am meeting the next morning didn't stop me from staying up until 3:30 in the morning to watch the movie. Weather it was the interest to see nudity or the wanting to know what was going to happen to these two individuals, the story sparked my interest to watch it. The next day after work I went online to the Internet Movie Database and looked up the movie. Finding out more and more made me want to buy the movie. In reading the comments from other patrons I found out there was no movie available. Now I am on the verge of sending a letter to the Movie company and asking for the release of the original The Blue Lagoon of 1949. Whose with me??? P.S. Sorry I didn't tape the edited version on TV I didn't know how good the movie was