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Donovan's Reef (1963)
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12 June 1963 (USA)
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'Guns' Donovan prefers carousing with his pals Doc Dedham and 'Boats' Gilhooley, until Dedham's high-society...
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a light comedy with a serious undercurrent.
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | John Wayne | ... | Michael Patrick 'Guns' Donovan |
 | Lee Marvin | ... | Thomas Aloysius 'Boats' Gilhooley |
 | Elizabeth Allen | ... | Ameilia Dedham |
 | Jack Warden | ... | Dr. William Dedham |
 | Cesar Romero | ... | Marquis Andre de Lage |
| Dick Foran | ... | Australian Navy Officer Sean O'Brien |
 | Dorothy Lamour | ... | Miss Lafleur |
| Marcel Dalio | ... | Father Cluzeot |
| Mike Mazurki | ... | Sgt. Monk Menkowicz |
| Jacqueline Malouf | ... | Lelani Dedham |
| Cherylene Lee | ... | Sarah 'Sally' Dedham |
 | Jeffrey Byron | ... | Luki Dedham (as Tim Stafford) |
| Edgar Buchanan | ... | Boston Attorney Francis X. O'Brien |
| Jon Fong | ... | Mister Eu |
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109 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Australia:PG |
USA:Approved (PCA #20357) |
West Germany:12 (nf) |
Finland:S |
Spain:T |
Sweden:11 |
Argentina:Atp
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"Boats" is Navy slang for the rating of *Boatswain's Mate*. "Guns" is Navy slang for the rating of *Gunner's Mate*.
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Continuity: Ameilia loses her stockings after falling in the water.
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Dr. William Dedham:
The truth is, neither one of you remembers what started this annual birthday brawl.
Michael Patrick 'Guns' Donovan: Permission to speak.
Dr. William Dedham: Shoot.
Michael Patrick 'Guns' Donovan: What started it was this knothead tried to pawn off a hootchie-cootchie girl on me in Panama.
Dr. William Dedham: What's so bad about that?
Michael Patrick 'Guns' Donovan: Nothing, except a marriage licence and wedding ring through the nose!
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Michael Patrick 'Guns' Donovan: Permission to speak.
Dr. William Dedham: Shoot.
Michael Patrick 'Guns' Donovan: What started it was this knothead tried to pawn off a hootchie-cootchie girl on me in Panama.
Dr. William Dedham: What's so bad about that?
Michael Patrick 'Guns' Donovan: Nothing, except a marriage licence and wedding ring through the nose!
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Referenced in Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005) (TV)
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Donovans Reef was the last collaboration between John Ford and John Wayne. Its not a great film, but its a very good one. Like The Quiet Man its a pastoral symphony, but its pastoral with an edge. This is ,in fact an anti_racist, anti-Puritan film.This well cast, well acted, and very funny picture is worth watching and enjoying.