Music ·Romance ·War · United States of America · 1958 · 2h 37m

South Pacific

South Pacific poster
Director
Joshua Logan
Cast
Rossano Brazzi as Emile De Becque Mitzi Gaynor as Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN John Kerr as Lt. Joseph Cable, USMC Ray Walston as Luther Billis Juanita Hall as Bloody Mary France Nuyen as Liat
Crew
Leon Shamroy — Director of Photography Robert L. Simpson — Editor Alfred Newman — Original Music Composer Richard Rodgers — Original Music Composer Paul Osborn — Screenplay James Michener — Novel
Tagline

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Synopsis

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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Mood & Themes
world war iiplantationmusicalu.s. navybased on play or musicalinterracial relationshiphospitalpacific islandtragic eventlaundrytropical islandracial stereotype
Key Collaborators
Joshua Logan Director Leon Shamroy Director of Photography Robert L. Simpson Editor Alfred Newman Original Music Composer Richard Rodgers Original Music Composer Paul Osborn Screenplay James Michener Novel Buddy Adler Producer Dorothy Jeakins Costume Design
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