Aloma of the South Seas

Aug 27, 1941

1h 17m

★ 6.2

Pagan love - in an exotic, exciting tropic paradise!

Overview

A young South Seas native boy is sent to the U.S. for his education and returns to his island after his father dies to try to stop a revolution.

Genres

Adventure

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Aloma

Dorothy Lamour

Tanoa

Jon Hall

Corky

Lynne Overman

Revo

Phillip Reed

Kari

Katherine DeMille

High Priest

Fritz Leiber

Nea

Dona Drake

Tarusa

Esther Dale

Raaiti

Pedro de Cordoba

Ikali

John Barclay

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Norma Gene Nelson

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