Tanga-Tika (1953)
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The story, supposedly based on a Tahitian legend, concerns a young boy, Timi whose in love with Nenu - he intends to marry as soon as he earns enough money. He gets caught in a storm, while at sea, and ends up marooned on an uninhabited atoll. Months go by, and convinced that Timi is dead, Nenu is about to marry another man.
- Release date
- November 8, 1953
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Adeline Tetahaimuai as Nenu the Girl
- Paul Meoe as Timi the Boy
- Alice Swenson as Nenu's Mother
- Tumaatura as Timi's Mother
- Roger Soui as Chinese Boy
- Governor Anzani as Self
- Mayor Poeui as Self
- Captain Darr as Self
- Ah Fu as Self
- George Fenneman as Narrator
Crew
- Dwight Long · Director
- Lela E. Rogers · Writer
- Charles L. Tedford · Writer
- Dwight Long · Producer
- Arch Monson · Producer
- Les Baxter · Composer
- Dwight Long · Cinematographer
- Robert Belcher · Editor
- Merrill G. White · Editor