Laurette Luez, who plays the sarong-wearing Lita, was born in Hawaii and enjoyed a 20-year career as a supporting actress and pin-up girl, as famous for being a Hollywood socialite as she was for her acting career. She retired from the screen in the mid-50s and died of undisclosed causes in 1999.
Lyle Talbot, seen here as escaped convict Roy DeHaven, was one of Hollywood's busiest character actors, with over 330 titles in his IMDb filmography, including guest shots on almost every classic TV series of the '50s and '60s. Interestingly, given how many well-known productions he was associated with, he is best remembered for his role in what is widely considered one of the worst movies ever made--Edward D. Wood Jr.'s Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957).
The exterior set of the lagoon, which serves here as "Sebastian's Landing," would later be seen as the main setting for Gilligan's Island (1964),