Kona Coast (1968)Director:Lamont Johnson |
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Kona Coast (1968)Director:Lamont Johnson |
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| Richard Boone | ... |
Capt. Sam Moran
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| Vera Miles | ... |
Melissa Hyde
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| Joan Blondell | ... |
Kittibelle Lightfoot
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Steve Ihnat | ... |
Kryder
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Chips Rafferty | ... |
Charlie Lightfoot
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Kent Smith | ... |
Akamai
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Sam Kapu Jr. | ... |
Kimo
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Gina Villines | ... |
Mim Lowry
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| Duane Eddy | ... |
Tiger Cat
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Scott Thomas | ... |
Tate Packer
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Erwin Neal | ... |
Junior Packer
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Doris Erikson | ... |
Doris Erickson
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Gloria Nakea | ... |
Dee
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Robert M. Luck | ... |
Kunewa
(as Lucky Luck)
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Kaai Hayes | ... |
Butler
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This unsold pilot screams "Bad 1960s TV" from the short-skirted, beehive-haired go-go dancers to the music track, which sounds like a collection of stings pulled out of the library for the NBC Mystery Movies ("Columbo", "MacCloud" and "MacMillan and Wife"). It probably was proposed for the package. Based on these criteria, you shouldn't bother.
However the main cast goes through its paces as if they are doing something real and the Director of Photography, Joseph Lashelle, offers us many a dazzling image shot in gorgeous Technicolor. Is the sky anywhere that brilliant a blue? My advice is to turn off the sound and enjoy the pretty pictures.