Saturday Island | |
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Directed by | Stuart Heisler |
Written by | Stuart Heisler (story) Stephanie Nordli (screenplay) |
Based on | Hugh Brooke novel |
Starring |
Linda Darnell Tab Hunter |
Distributed by | Coronado Productions |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Box office | $1.5 million (North America) |
Saturday Island (also known as Island of Desire) is a 1952 British romantic war film directed by Stuart Heisler and starring Linda Darnell, Tab Hunter, Donald Gray and John Laurie, Lloyd Lamble and Peter Butterworth.
When a hospital ship strikes a mine during the Second World War, the only survivors are Lieutenant Elizabeth Smythe and Corporal Michael Dugan, who become marooned on an island in the South Pacific, where they slowly bond. Their relationship is complicated by the arrival of a third person, a survivor of plane crash.