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Saturday Island (1952)

Saturday Island poster
Directed by
Stuart Heisler
Genre
drama film, war film, romance film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
12
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A nurse and a soldier are stranded on a tropical island after their ship sinks. They struggle to survive and find themselves drawn to each other while a wounded officer also washes ashore.

adventurousromanticlightheartedsuspensefulsunnybreezymildly tense

What happens

Saturday Island is a 1952 British south seas adventure romance film directed by Stuart Heisler and starring Linda Darnell, Tab Hunter, and Donald Gray. The film was produced by independent company Coronado Productions with the financial backing of RKO Pictures who distributed it in Britain. It was released in America by United Artists under the alternative title Island of Desire. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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