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Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women

  • TV Movie
  • 1979
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
4.6/10
362
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Rosalind Chao, Deborah Shelton, Jaime Lyn Bauer, Susie Coelho, Steven Keats, and Jayne Kennedy in Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women (1979)
Adventure

Some men in a seaplane land on an uncharted island. They discover that it is inhabited by women. Women who do not trust men. They try to get them to help them.Some men in a seaplane land on an uncharted island. They discover that it is inhabited by women. Women who do not trust men. They try to get them to help them.Some men in a seaplane land on an uncharted island. They discover that it is inhabited by women. Women who do not trust men. They try to get them to help them.

  • Director
    • Joseph Pevney
  • Writers
    • Gary Sherman
    • Sandor Stern
  • Stars
    • Steven Keats
    • Jaime Lyn Bauer
    • Jayne Kennedy
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.6/10
    362
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Joseph Pevney
    • Writers
      • Gary Sherman
      • Sandor Stern
    • Stars
      • Steven Keats
      • Jaime Lyn Bauer
      • Jayne Kennedy
    • 13User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    Steven Keats
    Steven Keats
    • Mike Stapleton
    Jaime Lyn Bauer
    • Lizabeth
    Jayne Kennedy
    Jayne Kennedy
    • Chocolate
    Kathryn Davis
    • Snow
    Rosalind Chao
    Rosalind Chao
    • Flower
    Deborah Shelton
    Deborah Shelton
    • Bambi
    Susie Coelho
    • Jo Jo
    Guich Koock
    • J.J.
    • (as Guich Kooch)
    Sandy McPeak
    Sandy McPeak
    • Stu
    Michael McGreevey
    Michael McGreevey
    • Danny
    Clint Walker
    Clint Walker
    • Wendell
    Peter Lawford
    Peter Lawford
    • Gordon Duvall
    • Director
      • Joseph Pevney
    • Writers
      • Gary Sherman
      • Sandor Stern
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    User reviews13

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    3MiketheWhistle

    OMG 70s movies were so good then, and bad now

    I have to believe that someone thought this movie was good 40 years ago, but I'd need to go in a time machine to find out.And to say this movie is sexist is beyond an understatement.Just glad I watched it on Svengoolie.
    jennytork

    My favourite movie

    I absolutely love this movie. The plot is not predictable, though the actors seem wooden at times. It kept me on the edge of my seat and I wept at the final scenes. True, it requires a bit of a willing suspension of belief, but isn't that what movies are for? This is my favourite TV movie of all time, and I heartily recommend it to anyone and everyone.
    3Uriah43

    A Severe Waste of Talent

    In an attempt to escape revolutionary troops during the war in French Indo-China, a Catholic nun and a small number of young female children board a plane in an attempt to escape to safety. Somewhere over the Pacific Ocean the airplane flies into a severe thunderstorm and crash lands on a deserted tropical island. Now, 25 years later, an amphibious airplane with a handful of men also encounters a severe thunderstorm which destroys most of its electrical equipment. So, in order to get their bearings the captain decides to land on what just happens to be the same tropical island. As they search the island the men discover a small group of women whose only knowledge of men comes from the headhunters who visit their island to rape and kill. Because these new men seem different the women are conflicted over what action to take. Anyway, so much for the basic plot. While the movie had plenty of talent and potential the fact is that except for Jamie Lynn Bauer (as "Lizabeth"), Rosalind Chao ("Flower") and Kathryn Davis ("Snow"), none of the other actors or actresses were allowed to demonstrate their abilities in any meaningful way. Clint Walker, for example, was terribly miscast as a disgruntled man with an attitude named "Wendell". Likewise, Deborah Shelton (as "Bambi") and Jayne Kennedy ("Chocolate") hardly had any lines at all. The result was a severe waste of talent. Not that it really mattered as the script was very weak and the storyline itself was extremely implausible. That said, even though the scenery was beautiful and the women were all quite attractive, the movie itself could have used significant improvement. Below average.
    4AlsExGal

    What's mysterious is that I can even find this film...

    And yet two other very good made for TV films from that same year of 1979 - "Like Ordinary People" and "Murder By Natural Causes" seem to be lost to the ages.

    CBS TV movie thriller from director Joseph Pevney. A planeload of oil company men, including Steven Keats, Clint Walker, Peter Lawford, and Guich Koock, is forced to land on an unknown Pacific island, where they discover a multi-ethnic tribe of beautiful woman living in the jungle. The two groups slowly start to interact, and Keats begins to learn who they are and how they got there, while a tribe of "head-choppers" from a nearby island sporadically attacks them all.

    Featuring standard TV-movie production values of the time, this is really just an excuse to show a lot of pretty women in skimpy outfits, while aging male stars get to enjoy a tropical vacation while filming as well as acting with said ladies. The biggest surprise by the end of this one was just how little had actually occurred during its running time. Shot in Hawaii.
    1bkoganbing

    I Hate Men

    As I was watching Mysterious Island Of Beautiful Women I thought at first these girls might have been a part of Bob Hope's USO tour that got lost in the Pacific. Far from that these women who all look like they could get guaranteed employment as Las Vegas showgirls, but they are war orphans from Vietnam whose plane crashed in the Pacific. They were spirited away from the war by a Catholic priest. What happened to her is for you watch the film for if you want.

    Anyway some headhunters every now and then visit the island for a little something something from the women. It gives this group of Amazons a bad attitude for the male species.

    Which is carried over when an oil company plane gets lost and has to make a forced landing. Some of the men are Clint Walker, Peter Lawford, Steven Keats and Sandy McPeak. The women are led by Jamie Lyn Bauer who has the worst attitude of all and some of her group is Rosalind Chao, Jamie Kennedy, and Kathryn Davis.

    No doubt the women are beautiful, most of the men are dogs and the headhunters are just doing their thing and counting themselves lucky they have the equivalent of a bordello on this island when they feel the need.

    The guy who makes out best in this Michael McGreevey who was being airlifted out to a hospital in Guam. He plays his scenes with a bandage over his eyes, the better not to see what he's involved with.

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    • Trivia
      The final film of Joseph Pevney.
    • Goofs
      The men want to find the fuel from the previous plane; however, gasoline only lasts three to six months in storage and they know that the previous plane crash-landed 25 years ago.
    • Quotes

      Mike Stapleton: It's strange. It's... it's like they're all children. You know... like they reached a certain age, and then they just stopped growing up. The names... Snow... Flower? It's like they were named by a child.

      Gordon Duvall: Maybe one did. I haven't seen an older person around.

      Mike Stapleton: There's one.

      Gordon Duvall: Who?

      Mike Stapleton: Snow mentioned her sister. She says her sister brought her here, and lives in her own house.

    • Connections
      Featured in Svengoolie: Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women (2018)

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    • Release date
      • December 1, 1979 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Island of Sister Theresa
    • Filming locations
      • O'ahu, Hawaii, USA
    • Production company
      • Alan Landsburg Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 36m(96 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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