Island of Lost Women (1959)

A plane crash-lands on a jungle island inhabited by a scientist and his nubile young daughters. Complications ensue.

Director:

Frank Tuttle

Writers:

Ray Buffum, Prescott Chaplin (story)

Stars:

Jeff Richards, Venetia Stevenson, John Smith

Cast

Cast overview:
Jeff Richards	...	Mark Bradley
Venetia Stevenson	...	Venus
John Smith	...	Joe Walker
Diane Jergens	...	Urana
June Blair	...	Mercuria
Alan Napier	...	Dr. Paul Lujan
Gavin Muir	...	Dr. McBain
George Brand	...	M. Hugh Garland

Storyline

While flying to an international news conference in Melbourne, radio commentator Mark Bradley and his pilot, Joe Walker, are forced to crash land on an uncharted island in the Pacific Ocean. They find this island is inhabited by Dr. Paul Lujan and his three beautiful daughters: Venus, Mercuria, and Urana. Lujan, a nuclear scientist, has fled here to escape from a world which is like "a horrible great snowball rolling faster and faster toward extinction." He doesn't want his two visitors to leave, lest they reveal his whereabouts, so he destroys their plane. With help from the two older daughters, however, the men begin to construct a raft. (Mark and Venus have fallen in love as have Joe and Mercuria). A fire in Lujan's solar furnace now causes an explosion which nearly wrecks the island but which attracts the attention of a search plane. Mark, Joe, and the three young women look forward to being rescued; Lujan has doubts but is resigned.

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Plot Keywords:

daughter | scientist | raft | airplane | man in swimsuit | 

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Taglines:

A Secret Eden Turned into a Raging Hell!

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Genres:

Adventure

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

May 1959 (USA)

Also Known As:

Kadonneitten saari

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jaguar Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

71 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was the last film directed by veteran film-maker Frank Tuttle, who's perhaps best remembered for his two Alan Ladd films from 1942: "This Gun for Hire" and "Lucky Jordan."

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Goofs

The island seen through the plane's windows before it crash lands is clearly not the same as the "island" they land on. The real island seen from the plane is a large, steep mountain jutting up from the ocean, quite obviously without the beaches, jungles, lagoon or flat lands depicted in the rest of the film.

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Quotes

Urana: [to Mark Bradley and Joe Walker] You're much prettier than the men we've seen in books.

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Connections

Referenced in This Boy's Life (1993)

User Reviews

Worst musical score of all time

Notable for at least one element. The musical score for this film is easily the most atrocious ever. Flamenco-style guitar accompaniement. Poorly played, out of tune, and dismally suited to the film's tropical island locations.