The Blue Lagoon (1949)
1h 41m
Running Time
March 1, 1949Release Date
Plot.
In the Victorian period, two British children survive a shipwreck in the South Pacific. After days afloat, they are marooned on a lush tropical island in the company of kindly old sailor. Together they survive solely on their resourcefulness and the bounty of their remote paradise.
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Cast & Crew.
Jean Simmons
Emmeline Foster
Donald Houston
Michael Reynolds
Noel Purcell
Paddy Button
Susan Stranks
Emmeline, as child
James Hayter
Dr Murdock
Susan Stranks
Emmeline, as child
Peter Rudolph Jones
Michael, as child
Cyril Cusack
James Carter
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 1, 1949
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 41m
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom
Genres
Wiki.
The Blue Lagoon is a 1949 British coming-of-age romance and adventure film directed and co-produced by Frank Launder (with Sidney Gilliat) and starring Jean Simmons and Donald Houston. The screenplay was adapted by John Baines, Michael Hogan, and Frank Launder from the 1908 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 account of Adam and Eve.