 As scripted, Deborah Kerr (qv) and Burt Lancaster (qv)s classic  clinch on the beach was to be filmed standing up. It was Lancasters  idea to do it horizontally in the surf. The scene was filmed at  Halona Cove on the eastern side of Oahu, near Koko Head Crater and  Sandy Beach, and the location became a major tourist attraction for  years after.