The Blue Lagoon (1980) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Randal Kleiser.

Cast

• Brooke Shields as Emmeline
• Christopher Atkins as Richard
• Leo McKern as Paddy Button
• William Daniels as Arthur Lestrange
• Jeffrey Kleiser as Lookout
• Gus Mercurio as Officer
• Elva Josephson as Young Emmeline
• Glenn Kohan as Young Richard
• Bradley Pryce as Little Paddy
• Chad Timmerman as Infant Paddy
• Gert Jacoby as Sailor
• Alex Hamilton as Sailor
• Richard Evanson as Sailor

Crew

• Randal Kleiser — Producer
• Douglas Day Stewart — Writer
• Néstor Almendros — Director of Photography
• Randal Kleiser — Director
• Henry De Vere Stacpoole — Novel
• Basil Poledouris — Original Music Composer

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