WriterLloyd Osbourne, Maxwell Shane, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Ebb Tide Release dateAugust 13, 1947 (1947-08-13) CastRhonda Fleming (Faith Wishart), Rory Calhoun (Herrick), Paul Kelly (Donald Lochlin), Alan Napier (Attwater), John Abbott (Huish), Douglas Spencer (Prisoner sharing cell with Herrick and Lochlin) Similar moviesRelated Sam Newfield movies
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.
Cast
Rory Calhoun as Mr. Herrick
Rhonda Fleming as Faith Wishart
Paul Kelly as Capt. Donald Lochlin
John Abbott as Huish
Alan Napier as Attwater
DVD release
Adventure Island was released on Region 0 DVD-R by Alpha Video on September 1, 2015.