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19/03/1958 Music, Romance, War 2h 37m
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Overview

Can a girl from Little Rock find happiness with a mature French planter she got to know one enchanted evening away from the military hospital where she is a nurse? Or should she just wash that man out of her hair? Bloody Mary is the philosopher of the island and it's hard to believe she could be the mother of Liat who has captured the heart of Lt. Joseph Cable USMC. While waiting for action in the war in the South Pacific, sailors and nurses put on a musical comedy show. The war gets closer and the saga of Nellie Forbush and Emile de Becque becomes serious drama.

  1. Joshua Logan

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Rossano Brazzi

    Emile De Becque

  2. Mitzi Gaynor

    Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN

  3. John Kerr

    Lt. Joseph Cable, USMC

  4. Ray Walston

    Luther Billis

  5. Juanita Hall

    Bloody Mary

  6. France Nuyen

    Liat

  7. Russ Brown

    Capt. J.M. Brackett, USN

  8. Jack Mullaney

    The Professor

  9. Ken Clark

    Stewpot

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2019-11-09
Knuckleheads and cockeyed optimists.

Even though it's gargantuan in length, this is actually a "small" screen adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway play. Met with indifference by the critics of the time, it has however come to be loved by many a musical fan. I'm not one of them though...

There's no denying that the songs are superb, mostly top draw, but there are so many irritating issues within. The much discussed colour filters that were used by director Joshua Logan and cinematographer Leon Shamroy, are overkill, trying to supplant whimsy when really a static set can't c...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$6,000,000.00

Revenue
$36,800,000.00

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