Background and Production
- The film was a remake of a black and white silent film shot in the United Kingdom in 1923, not long after the publication of the Henry De Vere Stacpoole novel on which it was based. The 1923 version was directed by W. Bowden and Dick Cruickshanks, starring Molly Adair and Dick Cruickshanks.
- Donald Houston was selected over 5,000 applicants, 100 of whom were screen tested.
- The evil traders were invented for this film and were not part of the novel.
- The film was shot on location in Fiji, Yasawa Islands, and at Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England.
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