Rainbow Island

Rainbow Island

PITY THE POOR CASTAWAYS ON THIS TROPICAL ISLE WITH LAMOUR

NR 1944 · 98 min · ★ 7.5 · Music

Three merchant seamen fleeing the Japanese take refuge on a Pacific island, where they come across a doctor and his daughter who take care of the natives, a hostile tribe that wants to kill the sailors for trespassing on their sacred ground.

Directed by Ralph Murphy · Written by Walter DeLeon

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