aka Sea-Wyf and Biscuit.
"In all respectable desert islands I've read about they've got everything except for electricity. Here we've got coconuts and water."
1942 and a cargo ship leaves Singapore packed to the gills with evacuees. It's sunk by a Japanese torpedo, with only four survivors, a beautiful woman (Joan Collins), an army officer (Richard Burton), a bigot (Basil Sydney), and a black seaman (Cy Grant). They find land, but have to endure many hardships awaiting rescue, and their true selves are revealed under the pressure of daily life.
An entertaining and interesting period piece, which dabbles in the effects of racism as it explores a mans love for a woman, whilst he is unknowingly courting a nun.
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