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Release Year1963
Runtime1h 53m
LanguageEnglish
CertificationNR
GenresComedy
Votes6
DirectorMorton DaCosta
WritersLeo Katcher, David R. Schwartz
TypeFeature Film
Rating5.8 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsIsland of Love
About Island of Love
Con artist Steve Blair persuades Tony Dallas, a Manhattan gangster, to finance a movie about Adam and Eve by offering the female lead to Tony's stripper girl friend, Cha Cha Miller. The film is such a disaster, however, that Steve and his writer, Paul Ferris, decide to escape on a freighter to Greece. En route, Steve learns that the island of Paradeisos has lost its tourist trade because it has no apparent historical or mythological heritage. Intrigued, he hits upon the scheme of turning Paradeisos into a legendary island of love and taking a cut from all commercial enterprises. After planting Greek antiquities in the waters surrounding the island, Steve induces Paul to "recover" them, thus causing the tourist trade to increase.
Directed by Morton DaCosta, Island of Love leans on a strong ensemble — Robert Preston, Tony Randall, Giorgia Moll — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about comedy titles of 1963.
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