Trouble in Paradise

Year: 1989

Runtime: 100 mins

Language: English

Director: Di Drew

AdventureComedy

After husband Arthur’s death, State Department wife Rachel Baxley boards a Hong Kong‑to‑U.S. freighter with his casket, where crewman Jake Fontaine hid liquor in it. A typhoon wrecks the ship, marooning them on an island and they fall in love. Jake suspects Arthur is alive; he shows up with heroin smugglers, but Jake defeats them and rescues Rachel.

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