Beyond the Reef (1979)
A story of passion. A saga of adventure.
91 min
Tikoyo lives by the Bora Bora lagoon in the South Pacific, where he found a man-eating tiger shark when it was an orphaned baby, just a foot long. He named it Manidu, and it grew to be sixteen feet long. Tikoyo believes that his companion houses the soul of a wise old man, and helps him guard the sacred black pearls in the lagoon. In fact, Manidu does protects Tikoyo and his girlfriend Diana, only eating those who are their enemies, or who seek to destroy their environment, or steal the pearls.
- Release date
- April 24, 1981
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Dayton Ka'ne as Tikoyo
- Maren Jensen as Diana
- Kathleen Swan as Milly
- Keahi Farden as Jeff
- Oliverio Maciel Diaz as Manidu
- George Tapare as The Hawaiian
- David Nakuna as Mischima
- Robert Atamu as Maku
- Bob Spiegel as Turpin
- Maui Temaui as Milly's Boyfriend
Crew
- Frank C. Clarke · Director
- Louis LaRusso II · Writer
- James Carabatsos · Writer
- Clement Richer · Writer
- Raffaella De Laurentiis · Producer
- Francis Lai · Composer
- Sam Martin · Cinematographer
- Ian Crafford · Editor
- John Jympson · Editor
- Michael McLean · Casting director
- A. Nui Ben Teriitehau · Production designer
- Ben Teriitehau · Production designer