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South Pacific
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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.
Directed by Joshua Logan
Written by Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, James Michener
Produced by Buddy Adler
Box OfficeBudget: $6.0MRevenue: $36.8M
Top Cast
Rossano Brazzi
Emile De Becque
Mitzi Gaynor
Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN
John Kerr
Lt. Joseph Cable, USMC
Ray Walston
Luther Billis
Juanita Hall
Bloody Mary
France Nuyen
Liat
Russ Brown
Capt. J.M. Brackett, USN
Jack Mullaney
The Professor
Ken Clark
Stewpot
Floyd Simmons
Commander Harbison, USN
Themes & Keywords
world war iiplantationmusicalu.s. navybased on play or musicalinterracial relationshiphospitalpacific islandtragic eventlaundrytropical islandracial stereotypefrenchmanbali haidamestar crossed lovers
About South Pacific
South Pacific is a music, romance, war film released in 1958 exploring themes of world war ii, plantation, musical, u.s. navy, based on play or musical, interracial relationship. Directed by Joshua Logan, it stars Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr. 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.
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