An American drifter comes to a remote Polynesian island controlled by a Puritanical missionary and turns the social life of the island upside-down.
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Title: Return to Paradise (1953)
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Cast
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| Gary Cooper | ... | Mr. Morgan | |
| Barry Jones | ... | Pastor Corbett | |
| Roberta Haynes | ... | Maeva | |
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Moira Walker | ... | Turia (as Moira MacDonald) |
| John Hudson | ... | Captain Harry Faber | |
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Mamea Matatumua | ... | Tonga (as Chief Mamea Matatumua) |
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Hans Kruse | ... | Rori at age 21 |
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Terry Dunleavy | ... | Mac |
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Howard Paulsen | ... | Russ |
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Donald Ashford | ... | Cutler |
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Herbert Ah Sue | ... | Kura |
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Va'a | ... | Rori at age 9 (as Felice Va'a) |
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Frances Gow | ... | Mrs. Talbot (scenes deleted) |
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Brian McEwen | ... | Hank Elliott (scenes deleted) |
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Web Overlander | ... | Will Talbot (scenes deleted) |
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Based on the short story "Mr. Morgan" from "Return To Paradise" (James Michener's sequel to "Tales of the South Pacific"). Morgan (Gary Cooper), a drifter and soldier-of-fortune washes up on a Pacific island that is a small dictatorial state under the puritanic rule of Pastor Corbett (Barry Jones), a missionary. They conflict but Morgan stays on and carves out a cozy life. He has a child out of wedlock with island native Maeva (Roberta Haynes), but departs the island after her death, leaving the young daughter behind. He returns years later in search of his daughter. It is circa the early years of WW II, and he finds that his daughter has fallen in love with an American pilot who has crash-landed on the island. It appears that the pilot will do for the girl what Morgan did for her mother, and then depart. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords:
missionary | south pacific | world war two | 1920s | based on short story |Taglines:
They called him Morgantani and to some he was a god ... but to one woman, Mister Morgan was a Man ! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
10 July 1953 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El regreso al Paraiso See more »Edit
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Budget:
$515,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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1.37 : 1
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Lyrics by Ned Washington
Music by Dimitri Tiomkin
Performed by Kitty White
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Aspen Pictures, owned by Mark Robson and Robert Wise, bought two stories from James A. Michener's anthology "Return to Paradise." After Robson filmed this movie, based on Michener's story "Mr. Morgan," they ran out of funding and had to sell the rights to the other story, "Until They Sail", to Burt Lancaster. Some years later it ended up with Charles Schnee at MGM. By then Wise was at MGM and requested to film the property, which he finally did in 1957 (Until They Sail (1957)). See more »Quotes
Captain Harry Faber: Well, confidentially I'm just a truck driver with wings and a colossal ignorance of strategy.See more »
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Return To ParadiseLyrics by Ned Washington
Music by Dimitri Tiomkin
Performed by Kitty White
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This is not a review about the film, (which is amiable enough but we have all seen better) but a complaint. Yet look at the storyline regarding this movie written by Les Adams, completely ruins the film which we don't need to watch as he has told us the complete 'plot.' This happens far too often in my view, okay don't read the storyline, if so what is the point of putting it therea And as I finish this rant, there is a question, does this review contain spoilers