France, Italy, 1951
100m
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording), French
A French/Italian fantasy film directed by Léo Joannon and an uncredited John Berry, Alfred J. Goulding and Tim Whelan.
Plot Summary
Laurel and Hardy inherit a remote island but are shipwrecked on the way there, stranded on an atoll which has only just emerged from the sea. They decide to stay with their fellow survivors but the discovery of uranium attracts the attention of world powers who begin fighting over the island.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Léo Joannon; John Berry *, Alfred J. Goulding *, Tim Whelan *
Films EGE, Fortezza Film, Franco London Films, La Société des Films Sirius
Produced by: Raymond Eger
Screenplay: John D. Klorer, Frederick Kohner, Piero Tellini, René Wheeler
Story: Léo Joannon, I. Kloucowsky Isabelle Kloucowsky]
Dialogue: John D. Klorer
Additional Material: Monte Collins
Director of Photography: Armand Thirard
Editor: Raymond Isnardon
Music by: Paul Misraki
Sound Mixer: Pierre-Louis Calvet
Costume Designer: Jean Zay
Make-up: Carmen Brel
Art Director: Roland Quignon
Cast
Stan Laurel (Stan)
Oliver Hardy (Ollie)
Suzy Delair (Chérie Lamour)
M. Elloy Max Elloy] (Antoine)
A. Rimaldi Adriano Rimoldi] (Giovanni Copini)
Suzet Maïs (Mrs Dolan)
Félix Oudart (mayor)
Robert Murzeau (Captain Dolan)
Luigi Tosi (Lt Jack Frazer)
Michel Dalmatoff Michael Dalmatoff] (Alecto)
A. Randell André Randall] (Branwell)
R. Vattier Robert Vattier] (le notaire français)
C. May Claude May] (la secrétaire)
R. Legris Roger Legris] (fortune hunter)
O. Hussenot Olivier Hussenot] (fortune hunter)
Caprioli Vittorio Caprioli] (Monsieur Paltroni, avocat italien)
C. Lemontier Charles Lemontier] (L’ambassadeur)
G. Barnabo Guglielmo Barnabò] (Propriétaire de la palissade)
Alternative Titles
Atollo K – Italy
Die beiden Robinsons auf Atoll K – Austria
Dick und Doof erben eine Insel – Austria, Germany, West German
Flip i Flap na bezludnej wyspie – Poland
Gøg og Gokke på atomøen – Denmark
Halvans och Helans jättearv – Finland (Swedish)
Helan og Halvan på Atomøya – Norway
A Ilha da Bagunça – Brazil
Oi neoi Rovinsones – Greece
Ohukaisen ja Paksukaisen jättiläisperintö – Finland
O Paraíso dos Malandros – Brazil
Robinson Crusoe & Co. – Netherlands
Robinson Crusoe Land – Germany (DVD)
Robinson Crusoeland – UK
Robinsones atómicos – Spain
Utopia – Canada (re-release), Finland (DVD), Romania, USA
Utópia – Hungary
Утопия – Russia
Links
Extracts included in
Classic Comedy Teams (1986)
Dick und Doof – Superschau des Lachens (1966)
Laurel and Hardy: Die komische Liebesgeschichte von Dick & Doof (2011)
References
Other sources
- BFI Southbank Guide January 2013 p.7 – illustrated listing
