Island Of Lost Women (1959)

A radio journalist (Jeff Richards) and his pilot (John Smith) are forced to crash land on an uncharted island in the Pacific. To their surprise, they find the island is inhabited by a missing nuclear scientist (Alan Napier) and his three beautiful daughters (Venetia Stevenson, June Blair, Diane Jergens). But the scientist is not pleased by his domain being invaded and he views the men as a threat. Directed by Frank Tuttle (THIS GUN FOR HIRE), this rather silly but amusing (but perhaps not intentionally so) nonsense comes across as a low budget rip off of FORBIDDEN PLANET (itself a riff on Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST) but only this time, its "mad" scientist has three daughters instead of one. You probably already know if schlock like this appeals to you or not. As long as you don't take it seriously, it's fun in its naive sort of way. The cinematography is by John Seitz and a long way from his stellar work on DOUBLE INDEMNITY and SUNSET BOULEVARD.