Pleasure Cove

Pleasure Cove
GenreComedy
Drama
Written byLou Shaw
Directed byBruce Bilson
StarringTom Jones
Constance Forslund
Melody Anderson
Music byPerry Botkin Jr.
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerDavid Gerber
ProducerMel Swope
Production locationSanta Barbara, California
CinematographyJack Whitman
EditorsJohn Farrell
J. Terry Williams
Running time100 minutes
Production companiesColumbia Pictures Television
David Gerber Productions
Lou Shaw Productions
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseJanuary 3, 1979 (1979-01-03)

Pleasure Cove is a 1979 television film directed by Bruce Bilson and starring singer Tom Jones in his acting debut alongside Constance Forslund, Melody Anderson, Jerry Lacy, David Hasselhoff and Tanya Roberts. The film was intended to be a pilot for a potential television series to cash in on the popularity of series like Fantasy Island and Love Boat but was not picked up. It aired on NBC on January 3, 1979.

Plot

The film follows the lives of staff and guests in a holiday island resort named Pleasure Cove. Raymond Gordon (Tom Jones) is a suave conman hiding in disguise at the resort run by manager Kim Parker (Constance Forslund) with whom he falls in love.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "Pleasure Cove". The Indianapolis News. August 9, 1978. p. 15.
  2. ↑ ""Looking Out My Window" by Tom Jones".
  3. ↑ Todd, Catherine J. (April 3, 1997). Making Waves. Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 9781444717372.