The Girls of Pleasure Island

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The Girls of Pleasure Island
Promotional movie poster for the film
Directed by	Alvin Ganzer F. Hugh Berbert
Produced by	Paul Jones
Written by	F. Hugh Herbert (screenplay) Based on the novel by William Maier
Starring	Don Taylor Leo Genn Elsa Lanchester Philip Ober
Music by	Lyn Murray
Cinematography	Daniel L. Fapp W. Howard Greene
Editing by	Ellsworth Hoagland
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	April 1, 1953
Running time	95 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
IMDb profile

The Girls of Pleasure Island is a 1953 comedy film directed by Alvin Ganzer and F. Hugh Herbert. The screenplay by F. Hugh Herbert is based on the novel by William Maier. The original music score is composed by Lyn Murray.

[edit] Plot summary

In 1945, Roger Halyard is a stiff-upper-lipped British gentleman who lives on a South Pacific island with his three nubile, naive daughters, Violet, Hester and Gloria. Hoping to shelter the girls from the lascivious advances of the opposite sex, Halyard is thwarted when 1,500 Marines arrive to transform the island into an aircraft landing base. Despite the best efforts of Halyard, his housekeeper Thelma, and Marine Colonel Reade, romance blossoms between the three girls and a trio of handsome leathernecks.

[edit] Main cast

• Don Taylor - Lieutenant Gilmartin
• Leo Genn - Roger Halyard
• Elsa Lanchester - Thelma
• Philip Ober - Colonel Reade
• Joan Elan - Violet Halyard
• Audrey Dalton - Hester Halyard
• Dorothy Bromley - Gloria Halyard
• Peter Baldwin - Private Henry Smith
• Gene Barry - Captain Beaton
• Arthur E. Gould-Porter - Reverand Bates
• Barry Bernard - Wilkinson

[edit] External links

• The Girls of Pleasure Island at the Internet Movie Database