Lovers and Luggers (1938)

Epic pearling adventure romance in glorious sun-splashed tropical settings of Thursday Island!

Daubeney Carshott, a concert pianist, leaves London to dive for pearls on Thursday Island in the South Seas at the whim of Stella Raff, his fiancée. Once there, he discovers that the life he leads as a pearl diver is better in every way than his former existence as a social-lion pianist. He meets and falls in love with Lorna Quidley, after learning this Stella had send other suitors off in quest of a giant pearl for her.

Cast (12)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Lloyd Hughes

Daubeney Carshott

James Raglan

Bill Craig, alias Craig Henderson

E

Elaine Hamill

Stella Raff

S

Sidney Wheeler

Capt. 'Quid' Quidley

A

Alec Kellaway

McTavish, an Old Sot

R

Ron Whelan

Mendoza

C

Campbell Copelin

Archie

L

Leslie Victor

Dormer, an Old Sot

C

Charlie Chan

Kishimuni, Pearl Diver

C

Claude Turton

Charlie Quong

Frank Harvey

Carshott's Personal Manager

Ann Richards

Lorna Quidley (as Shirley Ann Richards)

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