The Blue Lagoon (1949)
Note: this print runs 88 minutes against a recorded 93 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Jean Simmons, Donald Houston, Noel Purcell, James Hayter, Cyril Cusack, Maurice Denham, Philip Stainton
Directed by Frank Launder
The Blue Lagoon is a 1949 British coming-of-age romance and adventure film directed by Frank Launder, produced by Launder and Sidney Gilliat), and starring Jean Simmons and Donald Houston. The screenplay was adapted by John Baines, Michael Hogan, and Launder from the 1908 novel The Blue Lagoon by Henry De Vere Stacpoole. The original music score was composed by Clifton Parker. The cinematographer was Geoffrey Unsworth.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.
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