Pacific Destiny

Jan 1, 1956

1h 38m

★ 5.2

Overview

Life is strange and worrying for a cadet who arrives in the Pacific in the colonial service. And the testy resident commissioner, who had been expecting an experienced man, soon shows his disapproval.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Shepperton Productions

British Lion Films

Pacific Destiny Trailers

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Cast

Arthur Grimble

Denholm Elliott

Olivia Grimble

Susan Stephen

Resident Commissioner

Michael Hordern

Uncle

Felix Felton

Uncle

Peter Bathurst

Uncle

Clifford Buckton

District Officer

Gordon Jackson

Tauveta

Inia Te Wiata

Lama

Henrietta Godinet

Kitiona

Hans Kruse

Voice-of-the-Tide

Moira Walker

Tiki-Tiku

Ezra Williams

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0.0

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4.9

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4.8

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7.2

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0.0

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6.7

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5.7

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6.6

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0.0

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0.0

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5.8

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4.6

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5.3

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0.0

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5.5

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0.0

Bis ans Ende der Träume

Feb 1, 2018

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