Return to Paradise

7/19/19531h 40m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ They called him Morgantani and to some he was a god ... but to one woman, Mister Morgan was a Man ! ~

Overview:

An American drifter comes to a remote Polynesian island controlled by a Puritanical missionary and turns the social life of the island upside-down.

Director:

Mark Robson

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

Cast

Gary Cooper

~ as ~

Mr. Morgan

Barry Jones

~ as ~

Pastor Corbett

Roberta Haynes

~ as ~

Maeva

Moira Walker

~ as ~

Turia

John Hudson

~ as ~

Captain Harry Faber

Mamea Matatumua

~ as ~

Tonga

Hans Kruse

~ as ~

Rori at age 21

Maylia Fong

~ as ~

Maeva's Aunt

Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
6
Barry Jones's "Pastor Corbett" rules a tiny Pacific island with a godly rod of iron until the unwelcome arrival of American "Morgan" (Gary Cooper). He's distinctly non-conformist and has no intention of observing the sabbath and the rest of preacher's regime. The latter man's resistance to the government soon elicits support from the put-upon islanders and soon a coup, of sorts, ensues. Once the new order has been established, a form of peace breaks out until WWII arrives on their patch and they find themselves hosting the crew of a shot-down American plane of soon they all want to be shot, pretty quickly! Initially, the clashes of personalities between Cooper and Jones are quite effective, but that quickly falls away and we are left with a rather unremarkable romantic drama that I felt rather dragged, especially the will they/won't they courting scenes between Cooper and Roberta Haynes's "Maeva". If character redemption is your thing, then maybe you'll get a bit more from this - but for me, what made it interesting at the start is allowed to peter out far too swiftly. Some nice island photography of Samoa, though.