South Pacific

Mar 18, 1958

2h 37m

★ 6.1

There is nothing you can name that is anything like...

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.

Genres

Music

Romance

War

Production Companies

Magna Theatre Corporation

South Pacific Enterprises

The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization

20th Century Fox

South Pacific Trailers

Cast

Emile De Becque

Rossano Brazzi

Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN

Mitzi Gaynor

Lt. Joseph Cable, USMC

John Kerr

Luther Billis

Ray Walston

Bloody Mary

Juanita Hall

Liat

France Nuyen

Capt. J.M. Brackett, USN

Russ Brown

The Professor

Jack Mullaney

Stewpot

Ken Clark

Commander Harbison, USN

Floyd Simmons

Ngana - Emile's Child

Candace Lee

Jerome - Emile's Child

Warren Hsieh

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0.0

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0.0

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7.4

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0.0

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6.2

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3.0

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1.0

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8.7

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6.4

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