Pagan Island (1961)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Barry Mahon

Release Date:

July 1961 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Tagline:

One man alone with 30 beautiful women!

Plot:

The survivor of a shipwreck finds himself on an island populated only by women. |

Plot Keywords:

Shipwreck | Island | Princess | Queen | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Eddie Dew	...	William Stanton (as Edward Dew)
Nani Maka	...	Princess Nani Maka
Trine Hovelsrud	...	Queen Kealoha
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yda Alvarez
Barbara Bordeaux
Dolores Carlos
Allison Louise Downe
Dorothy Ford
Jo Anne Geary
Bud Irwin
Gina Kendall
William Kerwin
Yanka Mann
June Marko
Lillian Melek
Sharon Michael
Fran Stacey
Jackie Terrell

Runtime:

67 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Miami Seaquarium - 4400 Rickenbacker Causeway, Key Biscayne, Florida, USA

Company:

Cinema Syndicate Inc.

Trivia:

The last film of former cowboy star Eddie Dew.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Extra Weird (2003) (V)

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Edward Dew is shipwrecked on an island populated by topless beauties that pray and sacrifice to a big fish-like sea god. They first want to kill Dew because the "white man is bad." Soon; however, Dew changes their minds by an act of heroism and promises to not make advances toward the one girl promised to the sea god for sacrifice. Naturally, Dew, with a bevy of bra-less beauties abounding, chooses the one girl he can't have and that plot strand begins a quick resolution to his and her problem. Sounds fishy, but true! Pagan Island is one of those so-bad-it's-good movies that really surprised me. The acting is God awful, the action almost non-existent, and the dialog does not get any more inane then in this one. The girls are primarily "white" so it is somewhat odd that such a fuss is made at Dew as he could easily be most of the girls' brother. The top non-acting award must go to Trine Hovelsrud(she is just brimming with Polynesian flair right? Yeah you bet!)as the queen of the island with the worst dialog. She made me wince a time or two, but have no fear as most male viewers will never give their full attention as they are probably trying to see what hangs and sways under all the leis that the girls wear. Maybe that is why I am a little lenient on this film, but it was funny and therefore entertaining, and as an added bonus very short. As for the sea god, the statue looks ridiculous - I wouldn't want to blow the big surprise at the end. I really was surprised with the sea god at the end. The director, producers, and all accountable really went all out with it.