In 1943, an Allied hospital ship is sunk by the Japanese in the South Pacific where a nurse and a US Marine become marooned on an island abandoned by natives. But when a British pilot crash-lands on their cozy little atoll, a romantic rivalry ensues.
Original title: Saturday Island (1952)
Director: Stuart Heisler
Writers: Stuart Heisler, Hugh Brooke, Stephanie Nordli
Genres: Adventure, Romance, War
Main actors:
Linda Darnell – Lieutenant Elizabeth Smythe
Tab Hunter – Marine Corporal Michael J. ‘Chicken’ Dugan
Donald Gray – Squadron Leader William Peck, RAF
John Laurie – Grimshaw
Sheila Chong – Tukua
Russell Waters – Dr. Snyder
MacDonald Parke – Ship’s Captain