Virgin Island is a 1958 British drama film directed by Pat Jackson and starring John Cassavetes, Virginia Maskell and Sidney Poitier.
It is an adaptation of the memoir Our Virgin Island by Robb White and was filmed on the British Virgin Islands. The American release in 1960 followed the title of the novel.
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Directed by | Pat Jackson |
Written by | Ring Lardner Jr. |
Produced by | Leon Clore |
Starring | John Cassavetes Virginia Maskell Sidney Poitier |
Cinematography | Freddie Francis |
Edited by | Gordon Pilkinton |
Music by | Clifton Parker |
Distributed by | British Lion Film Corporation |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
A British woman (Virginia Maskell) marries an American writer (John Cassavetes) in spite of her family's disapproval and goes to live with him on a tropical island.
Freddie Francis said he was "pressured" into doing the film by producer Leon Clore.
I don't think Pat Jackson particularly wanted me to do it. But Leon wanted me to do it. Not that there was any bad feeling between dear old Pat and myself but once again Pat was the wrong guy I think for the picture because the two stars were John Cassavetes and Sidney Poitier. And let's face it, those two guys with dear old Pat whose such a nice bloke and basically a documentary director, he was way off...I remember one night I was having dinner in the yacht club in one of the Virgin Islands and Sidney Poitier and Cassavetes came over and said would I take the picture over. I said listen I can't do that, you better go and speak to Leon. So anyway they went to Leon and obviously Leon said no you can't do that. So it was a very unhappy picture from that point of view.
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