• 1950
  • Approved
  • 1h 3m
On the Isle of Samoa

Summary Ex-flyer Kenneth Crandall is surprised by his boss in an Australian nightclub, while attempting a robbery. Papita, Crandall's accomplice and the boss's wife, is shot and killed by her husband, but Crandall escapes with the money. He steals an airplane and crashes on an uncharted Samoan island, where he is befriended by Peter Appleton, the sole white man; Chief Tihoti and a beautiful native girl, Moana. Crandall is obsessed with the idea of returning to civilization with his loot and, after much persuasion, he gets the natives to build an air strip while he repairs the damaged airplane. View more details

  • 1950
  • Approved
  • 1h 3m

On the Isle of Samoa

Directed : William Berke

Written : Harold Greene Brenda Weisberg Joseph Stanley

Stars : Jon Hall Susan Cabot Raymond Greenleaf Henry Marco

All cast & crew

4.4

Details

Genres : Adventure

Release date : Aug 2, 1950

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden - 301 N. Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California, USA

Production companies : Columbia Pictures

Summary Ex-flyer Kenneth Crandall is surprised by his boss in an Australian nightclub, while attempting a robbery. Papita, Crandall's accomplice and the boss's wife, is shot and killed by her husband, but Crandall escapes with the money. He steals an airplane and crashes on an uncharted Samoan island, where he is befriended by Peter Appleton, the sole white man; Chief Tihoti and a beautiful native girl, Moana. Crandall is obsessed with the idea of returning to civilization with his loot and, after much persuasion, he gets the natives to build an air strip while he repairs the damaged airplane. View more details

Details

Genres : Adventure

Release date : Aug 2, 1950

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden - 301 N. Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California, USA

Production companies : Columbia Pictures

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Susan Cabot and Jon Hall in On the Isle of Samoa (1950) Susan Cabot, Amilda Cuddy, Jon Hall, Al Kikume, Henry Marco, Neyle Morrow, and Kuka Tuima in On the Isle of Samoa (1950) Susan Cabot and Jon Hall in On the Isle of Samoa (1950) Susan Cabot, Raymond Greenleaf, and Jon Hall in On the Isle of Samoa (1950) Susan Cabot, Amilda Cuddy, Jon Hall, Al Kikume, and Henry Marco in On the Isle of Samoa (1950) Susan Cabot, Jon Hall, Al Kikume, and Henry Marco in On the Isle of Samoa (1950) Susan Cabot, Amilda Cuddy, Jon Hall, Al Kikume, and Henry Marco in On the Isle of Samoa (1950) Susan Cabot and Jon Hall in On the Isle of Samoa (1950) Susan Cabot and Jon Hall in On the Isle of Samoa (1950) Susan Cabot, Jon Hall, and Henry Marco in On the Isle of Samoa (1950)
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