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Directed by | Sam Newfield |
Produced by |
William H. Pine (producer) (uncredited) William C. Thomas (producer) (uncredited) |
Written by |
Lloyd Osbourne Maxwell Shane (writer) Robert Louis Stevenson (novel The Ebb Tide) |
Starring |
Rory Calhoun Rhonda Fleming Paul Kelly John Abbott Alan Napier |
Music by | Darrell Calker |
Cinematography | Jack Greenhalgh |
Edited by | Howard A. Smith |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date
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August 13, 1947 |
Running time
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66 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Adventure Island is a 1947 American South Seas action/adventure film shot in Cinecolor and directed by Sam Newfield (using the pseudonym "Peter Stewart") for Paramount Pictures' Pine-Thomas Productions—one of the few times director Newfield worked for a major studio—and starring Rory Calhoun and Rhonda Fleming.
This film is a remake of the silent film Ebb Tide (1922) and the film Ebb Tide (1937), all based on the novel of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson and his stepson Lloyd Osbourne.
Adventure Island was released on Region 0 DVD-R by Alpha Video on September 1, 2015.