Name: Pagan Island
Released: 1961
Duration: 1 min 7 s
Cast: Edward Dew, Nani Maka

Brief Synopsis

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Release Date

Jul 1961

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Barry Mahon Productions

Distribution Company

Century Releasing Co.; Cinema Syndicate, Inc.

Country

United States

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 7m

Sound

Mono

Color

Black and White

Synopsis

Shipwrecked in the South Seas, Stanton is cast up on a mysterious island inhabited only by beautiful native women. At a feast given in his honor, he consumes too much liquor. Taken prisoner, he learns of the island's first contact with white men: long ago, pirates invaded, ravaging the women and destroying the underwater temple of the sea god. He learns that the beautiful women he sees have been sent from surrounding islands to care for Princess Nani Maka, who has been chosen to join in a sacrificial marriage to the sea god. The princess saves Stanton's life when he is left to die in the sun, and he in turn saves the islanders from enemy tribesmen. He is given his freedom but is forbidden to woo Nani Maka. Nevertheless, Stanton and the princess are irresistibly drawn to each other. On the day appointed for the sacrificial ceremony, Stanton joins Nani Maka on her journey beneath the water, and leads her to a dry cave. There they discover the ruins of the temple of the sea god and three chests of pirate treasure. They perform a marriage ceremony and stay the night. As they emerge from the cave entrance the next morning to return to Stanton's homeland, Nani Maka is caught in the jaws of a giant clam. Unable to save her, Stanton carries her body to his raft and sets out in anguish from the island. He drifts upon the seas until he is fished up by a schooner to tell his unhappy tale.