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from South Pacific (1958)
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- "Live from Lincoln Center"
- South Pacific (2010) TV episode, Played by Andrew Samonsky - "Great Performances"
- 'South Pacific' in Concert from Carnegie Hall (2006) TV episode, Played by Jason Danieley - South Pacific (2001) (TV) Played by Harry Connick Jr.
... aka "Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific" - USA (complete title) - South Pacific (1958) Played by John Kerr (as Lt. Joseph Cable, USMC) / Bill Lee (as Lieutenant Joseph Cable, USMC)
Archive Footage:
- "Broadway: The American Musical"
- Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin': 1943-1960 (2004) TV episode, Played by Bill Tabbert (as Lt. Joseph Cable, USMC)
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Quotes:
Lt. Cable: [Cable has been told that Nellie is in love with Emile] That's hard to believe, sir; they tell me he's a middle-aged man.
Capt. George Brackett: [fuming] Cable, it is a common mistake for boys of your age and athletic ability to underestimate men who have reached their maturity. Young women frequently find older men attractive, strange as it may seem. I myself am over fifty. I am a bachelor. And Cable, I do not, by any means, consider myself th-r-rough.
[to Harbison, who is trying not to laugh]
Capt. George Brackett: What's the matter, Bill?
Cmdr. Bill Harbison: Nothing - -evidently!
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