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The Blue Lagoon

1949, Movie, NR, 103 mins

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While not as ornate or visually attractive as its successor, this original version of THE BLUE LAGOON is surely more intelligent and less patently sexual. Simmons and Houston are teenagers who were shipwrecked as children on a lush, tropical island. They grow from children (ably played by Stranks and Jones) to adults and, for the first few years, are accompanied by Purcell, in the role later played by Leo McKern. Neither one of the films is particularly exciting, despite the... read more leave a comment
Year: 1949
Rated NR

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Cast
Jean Simmons: Emmeline Foster
Susan Stranks: Emmeline as a Child
Donald Houston: Michael Reynolds
Peter Jones: Michael as a Child
Noel Purcell: Paddy Button
James Hayter: Dr. Murdoch

 

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