
Film
Island of Love
1963 · 1h 53m · Comedy
It's the Place Where They Invented It!
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Overview
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.
Cast

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
Cozette Hutner
Belly Dancer

Norma Varden
Wife in Nightclub (uncredited)

Larri Thomas
Michael Apostoulou
(uncredited)
Crew
- Morton DaCostaDirector · Producer
- David R. SchwartzWriter
- Leo KatcherStory
- Harry Stradling Sr.Director of Photography
- George DuningOriginal Music Composer
- William H. ZieglerEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- June 12, 1963
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Genres
- Comedy
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