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Trouble in Paradise

1989, English. Directed by Di Drew.

Following her husband Arthur's mysterious death, Rachel Baxley packs up her life as a State Department wife in Hong Kong and boards a freighter along with her husband's casket bound for the U.S. She begins to regret this decision when she meets one of the crew members, a handsome rogue named Jake Fontaine - who has smuggled his liquor aboard in Arthur's coffin! Suddenly, a typhoon hits and the freighter breaks apart. Marooned on a desert island with Jake, they fall in love. Shortly thereafter, Jake comes to suspect that Rachel's "late" husband Arthur might not be dead at all. Rachel is stunned when Arthur arrives on the island with his heroin smuggling partners. In the ensuing chaos, Jake overcomes each of the smugglers and heroically rescues his new love, Rachel.

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1h 40m
Post-credits
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Language
English
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Trouble in Paradise is streaming on fuboTV, Cineverse, and Howdy in India.

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Released
16 May 1989
Country
Australia, United States of America
Written by
Robert Sherman, Ben Marshall

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Trouble in Paradise runs 100 minutes (1h 40m).

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Trouble in Paradise is streaming on fuboTV, Cineverse, and Howdy in India. (Checked 12 November 2026.)

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Trouble in Paradise (1989) was directed by Di Drew and stars Raquel Welch, Jack Thompson, Nicholas Hammond.

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