The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953)

Directors:

Alvin Ganzer
F. Hugh Herbert

Writers:

F. Hugh Herbert (writer)
William Maier (novel)

Release Date:

1 April 1953 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

In the spring of 1945, World War II is coming to a close. Roger Halyard (Leo Genn), a dignified, strait-laced Englishmen...

Plot Keywords:

Male Female Relationship | Housekeeper | Innocent | Father Daughter Relationship | Englishman

Cast

Leo Genn	...	Roger Halyard
Don Taylor	...	Lt. Jimmy Gilmartin
Gene Barry	...	Capt. Beaton
Elsa Lanchester	...	Thelma
Dorothy Bromiley	...	Gloria Halyard
Audrey Dalton	...	Hester Halyard
Joan Elan	...	Violet Halyard
Peter Baldwin	...	Pvt. Henry Smith
Philip Ober	...	Col. Reade
Barry Bernard	...	Wilkinson
Arthur Gould-Porter	...	Rev. Bates

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #16093) | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Earl Holliman's film debut.

exotic south sea island story

Saw this when it first came out in 1953 and had teenage crush on Audrey Dalton ever since ! Predictable plot line, but good acting from Leo Genn, sort of like " South Pacific " without the music. Leo spent a lot of his time advising that affairs with the army boys would only lead to heartbreak when the war ended and they all left. A total fairy tale of course, the army engineers had nothing to do except flirt with the girls ( Audreys sisters ). I liked that it was on an actual location ( guessing Hawaii ) and it seemed SO exotic for a lad from freezing Scotland in the context of the period and I saw it a total of four times... the last time in 1955, so this " critique " is from the dim and distant past. I believe audrey is still with us, but sadly, not Leo who was a fine actor indeed