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Our Virgin Island (1959)

Our Virgin Island poster
Original title
Virgin Island
Directed by
Pat Jackson
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 24m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young couple moves to a remote Caribbean island to build a life from scratch. They face challenges from the local community and must learn to survive on their own.

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What happens

Virgin Island (U.S. title: Our Virgin Island ) is a 1958 British drama film directed by Pat Jackson and starring John Cassavetes, Virginia Maskell and Sidney Poitier. It was adapted by Ring Lardner Jr. from the 1953 memoir Our Virgin Island by Robb White. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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