Island of Love (1963)
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.
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Writing:
Stars:
- Morton DaCosta
Writing:
- Leo Katcher
- David R. Schwartz
Stars:
Release Date: 1963-06-12
5.3/10
5.3/10
- Country: US
- Language: English
- Runtime: 113
Andy
Tony Dallas
Steve Blair
Father Anaxagoras
Paul Ferris
Elena Harakas
Cha Cha Miller
Professor Georg Pappas
Prof. Krumwitz
Mama Harakas
Wife in Nightclub (uncredited)
Louie
Nick
