<P> In the early Victorian period , two young child cousins , Richard ( Glenn Kohan ) and Emmeline Lestrange ( Elva Josephson ) , and a galley cook , Paddy Button ( Leo McKern ) , survive a shipwreck in the South Pacific and reach a lush tropical island . Paddy cares for the small children and forbids them by `` Law '' from going to the other side of the island , as he had found remains from bloody human sacrifices on an Easter Island - like altar . He also warns them against eating a scarlet berry which is apparently deadly ( he calls it the `` never - wake - up berry '' ) . </P>
<P> In the early Victorian period , two young child cousins , Richard ( Glenn Kohan ) and Emmeline Lestrange ( Elva Josephson ) , and a galley cook , Paddy Button ( Leo McKern ) , survive a shipwreck in the South Pacific and reach a lush tropical island . Paddy cares for the small children and forbids them by `` Law '' from going to the other side of the island , as he had found remains from bloody human sacrifices on an Easter Island - like altar . He also warns them against eating a scarlet berry which is apparently deadly ( he calls it the `` never - wake - up berry '' ) . </P>
what were the berries in the blue lagoon
what were the berries in the blue lagoon
scarlet berry
scarlet berry