--- title: 'The Island (1980)' type: 'film' director: 'Michael Ritchie' released: '1980-01-01' runtime_minutes: 114 genres: - 'Horror' - 'Thriller' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-island-1980' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080934/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Island (1980) 1980 · 114 min · Horror, Thriller · United States ## Synopsis The Island is a 1980 American action adventure-horror film directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Michael Caine and David Warner. The film was based on a 1979 novel of the same name by Peter Benchley who also wrote the screenplay. It is about a savage group of pirates, made up of outcasts, thieves, and murderers, who are hidden from the outside world by an uncharted Caribbean island, and who have raided boats to sustain themselves since the 17th century. ## Credits - **Director:** [Michael Ritchie](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-ritchie) - **Screenplay:** [Peter Benchley](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-benchley) - **Original Music Composer:** [Ennio Morricone](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-morricone) - **Producer:** [Richard D. Zanuck](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-d-zanuck), [David Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-brown) - **Director of Photography:** [Henri Decaë](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-decae) - **Editor:** [Richard A. Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-a-harris) ## Cast - [Michael Caine](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-caine) - [Don Henderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-henderson) - [Colin Jeavons](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-jeavons) - [Zakes Mokae](https://cinepixo.com/people/zakes-mokae) - [Reg Evans](https://cinepixo.com/people/reg-evans) - [David Warner](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-warner) - [Brad Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/brad-sullivan) - [Angela Punch McGregor](https://cinepixo.com/people/angela-punch-mcgregor) - [Frank Middlemass](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-middlemass) - [Dudley Sutton](https://cinepixo.com/people/dudley-sutton) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-island-1980 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1453852); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.