Island of Love
It's the Place Where They Invented It!
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 · Written by Leo Katcher
Cast
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Robert Preston Steve Blair -
Tony Randall Paul Ferris -
Giorgia Moll Elena Harakas -
Walter Matthau Tony Dallas -
Betty Bruce Cha Cha Miller -
Vassili Lambrinos Professor Georg Pappas -
Michael Constantine Andy -
Oliver Johnston Prof. Krumwitz -
Titos Vandis Father Anaxagoras -
Miranta Myrat Mama Harakas -
Lewis Charles Louie -
Peter Mamakos Nick
Make it a double feature
4h 24m together
Island of Love
The Music Man
Both from Morton DaCosta.
