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Two 19th-century sailors, Abner ( Dana Andrews) and Tom ( Don Dubbins ), jump ship after their captain, Vangs ( Ted de Corsia ), refuses them shore leave and warns them what a dangerous place this particular island is.
The film is based on Herman Melville's first novel and is a modestly entertaining about life among the savages of Acapulco, Mexico where the film was actually made. However, the ending is bad in several ways-- you just have to see it to believe it...and believe me...you WILL hate it as it makes no sense at all. A sad waste because of this.
Jun 26, 2019 · “Enchanted Island” is mostly disappointing, because the leads are miscast. It is a far cry from Dana Andrews’s role in films like “Laura” (1944) or “Best Years of Our Lives” (1946). And to be Jane Powell’s last feature film is just depressing.
Enchanted Island: Directed by Allan Dwan. With Dana Andrews, Jane Powell, Don Dubbins, Arthur Shields. Two 19th-century sailors jump ship only to discover their tropical paradise is a cannibal stronghold.
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- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Allan Dwan
- 1958-11-08
With his wounded buddy Tom (Don Dubbins), New England-based sailor Abner (Dana Andrews) has been taken in by a South Sea island tribe, represented by lovely Fayaway (Jane Powell), still worried they may be cannibals, in Enchanted Island, 1958, from a Herman Melville novel.
- Allan Dwan, Nacio Real
- Dana Andrews
Enchanted Island. Two 19th-century sailors (Dana Andrews, Don Dubbins) jump ship to an island and find cannibals and a princess (Jane Powell).
- Adventure
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Directed by Allan Dwan. Andrews and Dubbins are a pair of 19th-century whalers who jump ship on a tropical island inhabited by cannibals. Dubbins apparently is eaten, but Andrews takes up with...
