Lady Without a Passport

1950

MGM, starring Hedy Lamarr. Everglades sub for Cuba.

The Barefoot Mailman

1951

Columbia, starring Robert Cummings, Terry Moore.

Distant Drums

1951

Warner Bros., directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Gary Cooper. Seminole War period piece.

Wind Across the Everglades

1958

Stars Christopher Plummer and Burl Ives. Nicholas Ray directed, screenplay by Budd Schulberg.

The Cotton Pickin' Chicken Pluckers

1960s

Starring Del Reeves, Sonny Tufts, and Jerry Lee Lewis. Filmed in Lehigh Acres.

Fat Spy

1965

Starring Phyllis Diller and Jack Leonard searching for the Fountain of Youth in Cape Coral.

Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon

1970

Paramount, Directed by Otto Preminger, starring Liza Minnelli.

Night Moves

1975

Gene Hackman, Melanie Griffth directed by Arthur Penn (Sanibel),WB.

A Flash of Green

1983

Victor Nunez, Starring Ed Harris.

Day of the Dead

1984

Directed by George Romero.

Blue Sky

1990

Starring Jessica Lange and Tommy Lee Jones. Scenes filmed on Captiva Island in 1990 by Heathrow Productions. Finally released in 1994 by Orion Pictures. Jessica Lange won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance. Director Tony Richardson died in 1991.

Miss America: Behind the Crown

1992

Movie of the Week filmed by Katz-Rush Entertainment. Starred the real Miss Hawaii who became Miss America.

Just Cause

1994

Warner Bros. Starring Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Blair Underwood and Kate Capshaw. Released in 1995.

Captiva Island

1994

Starring Ernest Borgnine, Artie Johnson and Jesse Zeigler. Captiva Films. Theatrical release in Florida, foreign distribution in many countries, finally appeared on HBO in the U.S.