Lovers and Luggers
Epic pearling adventure romance in glorious sun-splashed tropical settings of Thursday Island!
1938 · 1h 39m · Approved
Adventure, Romance
Directed by
Ken G. Hall
Overview
Daubeney Carshott, a concert pianist, leaves London to dive for pearls on Thursday Island in the South Seas at the whim of Stella Raff, his fiancée. Once there, he discovers that the life he leads as a pearl diver is better in every way than his former existence as a social-lion pianist. He meets and falls in love with Lorna Quidley, after learning this Stella had send other suitors off in quest of a giant pearl for her.
Director and cast
- Ken G. Hall Director
- Lloyd Hughes as Daubeney Carshott
- James Raglan as Bill Craig, alias Craig Henderson
- Ann Richards as Lorna Quidley
- Elaine Hamill as Stella Raff
- Sidney Wheeler as Capt. 'Quid' Quidley
- Alec Kellaway as McTavish, an Old Sot
- Ron Whelan as Mendoza
- Campbell Copelin as Archie
- Leslie Victor as Dormer, an Old Sot
- Charlie Chan as Kishimuni, Pearl Diver
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