Bahama Passage

Bahama Passage

The two most gorgeous humans you've ever beheld - caressed by soft tropic winds - tossed by the tides of love!

NR 1941 · 82 min · ★ 7.5 · Romance, Drama

A girl, Carol whom the audience is quickly informed "has been around," and her father arrive to take over the business management of an island in the Bahamas owned by Adrian Ainsworth, descendant of many ancestors who have handled it over the years to the satisfaction of its 250 native residents. He is married to a woman who stays away from the island because she is lonely when there. Adrian doesn't want Carol or her father there, and they don't want to be there. Romance can't be lurking far behind the beautiful sunset.

Directed by Edward H. Griffith · Written by Virginia Van Upp

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Madeleine Carroll Carol Delbridge
Sterling Hayden Adrian Ainsworth
Flora Robson Mrs. Ainsworth
Leo G. Carroll Delbridge
Mary Anderson Mary Ainsworth
Cecil Kellaway Captain Jack Risingwell
Leigh Whipper Morales
Dorothy Dandridge Thalia

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