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5.4/10   66 votes
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Director:
Edmund Goulding
Writers:
Edward Hope (story)
Claude Binyon (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
1 March 1953 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Musical | Romance more
Plot:
War-weary Captain Willoby and his men are the occupation force on an island of lovely women...and are forbidden to fraternize. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Mediocre musical -- yawn more (3 total)

Cast

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William Lundigan ... Capt. W.W. 'Bill' Willoby
Jane Greer ... Diana Forrester
Mitzi Gaynor ... Rozouila
David Wayne ... Lt. Carl G. Schmidt
Gloria DeHaven ... Angela Toland

Gene Lockhart ... Rev. Paul Edgett
Jack Paar ... Lt. Mike Sloan
Alvin Greenman ... Cpl. Kolta
Billy Gilbert ... King Jilouili
Henry Kulky ... First Sergeant Jones
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Friendly Island (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
87 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:Approved (PCA #15195)
Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation more

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Trivia:
Filmed between February 19 and mid-March 1951, with additional scenes shot in April and October, this movie was held back until its wide release on March 1, 1953. more
Quotes:
Reverend Edgett: Ouch! ...You know, when a minister strikes his thumb, it's very frustrating. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "American Masters: Jack Paar: 'As I Was Saying...'" (1997) more
Soundtrack:
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4 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Mediocre musical -- yawn, 17 February 2007
3/10
Author: Steve O. from Venice, CA

Oddball cast fails to enliven unimaginative rip-off of SOUTH PACIFIC. Songs by the brilliant Harold Arlen and Ralph Blaine make little impression.

Mitzi Gaynor is amusingly miscast as a native Polynesian girl (with honey-colored hair?!)

Lundigan has about as much charisma as one of the coconuts Gaynor keeps dropping on his head (in real life, of course, a coconut falling on you could easily kill you). Still, the three women in the picture compete madly for his attentions while a pack of love-hungry G.I.s act really stupid every time they glimpse a woman's ankles.

Filmed in 1950 but not released till 1953 -- that suggests to me the studio knew it was a stinker.

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