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During WWII, unmarried New Zealand women meet and marry American soldiers who are fighting in the Pacific theater.During WWII, unmarried New Zealand women meet and marry American soldiers who are fighting in the Pacific theater.During WWII, unmarried New Zealand women meet and marry American soldiers who are fighting in the Pacific theater.
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Patrick Macnee
- Pvt. Duff
- (scenes deleted)
Nicky Blair
- US Marine
- (uncredited)
William Boyett
- US Marine
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaSandra Dee's Debut.
- GoofsAt the start of the film, set in 1939, the four sisters put up a map of the world to keep track of the soldiers' locations, but the map is contemporary from the year the film was made (1957), showing numerous nations that did not exist in 1939, for example: Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam (which would have been French Indochina in 1939), Indonesia (formerly the Dutch East Indies), Thailand (called Siam in 1939), and Pakistan (which was part of British India), among other countries.
- Quotes
Barbara Leslie Forbes: [Last lines] If my father could read the history of his daughters...
Capt. Jack Harding: He'd understand.
Barbara Leslie Forbes: As they say, to understand is to forgive. Or is it, to understand is not to forgive? I can never remember.
- ConnectionsReferences Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
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the backdrop setting is worth the watch
filmed in New Zealand in 1957, One could wonder what paradise looks like from a couch potatoes vicarious point of view. 4 Sisters living in Christchurch New Zealand find love, happiness and sometimes tragedy after they embark in whirlwind relationships with visiting WWII American Soldiers. A cast of characters worthy of Hollywood splashes the screen with an older seasoned Joan fontaine matching wits with her 15 year old sister named Sandra Dee, To top it off you have Piper Laurie and jean Simmons as the other two sisters. Even though none of the sisters were born in New Zealand, they sure did a darn great job acting and making me believe that they couldn't have been born in any other country except New Zealand that i had to find out for myself! i would personally like to thank the New Zealand People for letting Hollywood film a great movie and letting the world watch the pristine, paradise settings of the NZ landscape !!!
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- georgewarnock
- Nov 18, 2005
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- $1,841,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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