Despite the name, the film was mostly shot on the southern, sunnier shores of Tenerife island rather than Gran Canaria, from which the film takes its name.
In the film the island is suffering from an epidemic of Yellow Fever, with just a dash of cholera to add variety, which isn’t the best kind of tourist promotion.
Based on the novel of the same name by A.J. Cronin, the film tells the story of a doctor in disgrace who heads for a new life in tropical climes, only to find sweaty love, jealousy and sickness.
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