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The Blue Lagoon is a 1949 British romance and adventure film produced and directed by Frank Launder, starring Jean Simmons and Donald Houston. The screenplay was adapted by John Baines, Michael Hogan and Frank Launder from the novel The Blue Lagoon by Henry De Vere Stacpoole. The original music score was composed by Clifton Parker and the cinematography was by Geoffrey Unsworth. The film tells the story of two young children shipwrecked on a tropical island paradise in the South Pacific. Emotional feelings and physical changes arise as they grow to maturity and fall in love. The film has major thematic similarities to the Biblical story of Adam and Eve.
Original Release
03/01/1949
US Release
10/01/1949
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jean Simmons | Emmeline Foster |
Donald Houston | Michael Reynolds |
Susan Stranks | Emmeline, as child / Emmeline--As A Child |
Peter Rudolph Jones | Michael, as child (as Peter Jones) / Michael, as child |
Noel Purcell | Paddy Button |
James Hayter | Doctor Murdoch / Dr Murdock |
Cyril Cusack | James Carter |
Maurice Denham | Ship Captain / Captain |
Philip Stainton | Mr. Ansty |
Patrick Barr | Second Mate / Mr Bruce |
Directors
Writers
Frank Launder, Henry De Vere Stacpoole, John Baines, Michael Hogan
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jean Simmons | Emmeline Foster |
Donald Houston | Michael Reynolds |
Susan Stranks | Emmeline, as child / Emmeline--As A Child |
Peter Rudolph Jones | Michael, as child (as Peter Jones) / Michael, as child |
Noel Purcell | Paddy Button |
James Hayter | Doctor Murdoch / Dr Murdock |
Cyril Cusack | James Carter |
Maurice Denham | Ship Captain / Captain |
Philip Stainton | Mr. Ansty |
Patrick Barr | Second Mate / Mr Bruce |
Nora Nicholson | Mrs. Stannard |
Lyn Evans | Trotter |
Russell Waters | Craggs |
Stuart Lindsell | Yacht owner |
Dorothy Batley | His wife |
Gladys Boot | |
John Boxer | Nick Corbett |
Bill Raymond | Marsden |
Peter Jones | Michael-child |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Frank Launder | Producer |
Sidney Gilliat | Producer |