Island of Love

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.

5.3

113 min

Cast

Robert Preston

as Steve Blair

Tony Randall

as Paul Ferris

Giorgia Moll

as Elena Harakas

Walter Matthau

as Tony Dallas

Betty Bruce

as Cha Cha Miller

Vassili Lambrinos

as Professor Georg Pappas

Michael Constantine

as Andy

Oliver Johnston

as Prof. Krumwitz

Titos Vandis

as Father Anaxagoras

Miranta Myrat

as Mama Harakas

Lewis Charles

as Louie

Peter Mamakos

as Nick

Cozette Hutner

as Belly Dancer

Norma Varden

as Wife in Nightclub (uncredited)

Larri Thomas

Michael Apostoulou

as (uncredited)

Jan Arvan

as (uncredited)

Kostas Baladimas

as Old Sailor (uncredited)

Kathy Bennett

as Newlywed (uncredited)

Willie Bloom

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Henry Corden

as (uncredited)

Yanik de Pardos

as Reporter (uncredited)

Nick Dimitri

as Hood (uncredited)

Kirk Elliot

as (uncredited)

Stavros Farmakis

as Dignitary (uncredited)

Andreas Fillipedes

as Hadjidaks (uncredited)

Marianne Gaba

as (uncredited)

Sam Harris

as Husband in Nightclub (uncredited)

Barbara Hines

as (uncredited)

Charlene Holt

as (uncredited)

Theodoros Kamenidis

as Painter (uncredited)

Stacy Keach, Sr.

as Doctor (uncredited)

Lou Krugman

as Official (uncredited)

Mitsos Lygizos

as (uncredited)

Victor Lundin

as Hood (uncredited)

Effie Mela

as Charmer (uncredited)

Lilian Miniati

as Eunice Miranda (uncredited)

Priamus Mitromaras

as (uncredited)

Hans Moebus

as Premier Guest (uncredited)

Mike Morelli

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Rita Mousouri

as (uncredited)

Danny Mummert

as (uncredited)

Sol Murgi

as Newlywed (uncredited)

Nikos Neogenis

as (uncredited)

Patricia Olson

as (uncredited)

Owen Orr

as Hood (uncredited)

Emma Palmese

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Cosmos Panayotidis

as Waiter (uncredited)

Nikos Pashalidis

as (uncredited)

Paul Ravel

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Ken Raymond

as Assistant Director (uncredited)

Lois Roberts

as (uncredited)

Tony Rollins

as Hood (uncredited)

Clark Ross

as Waitress (uncredited)

Thodoros Roubanis

as (uncredited)

Tony Roux

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Dianne Simpson

as (uncredited)

Stephen Soldi

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Yovanna

as Singer (uncredited)

Andreas Zambikies

as (uncredited)

Joe Garcio

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Director

Morton DaCosta