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Tiara Tahiti

  • 19621962
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 40m
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5.8/10
255
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Tiara Tahiti (1962)
DramaComedy
James Mason and Sir John Mills star in this comedy-drama about a tough Colonel and a refined Captain who clashed during the war and continue their personal battle in peacetime Tahiti.James Mason and Sir John Mills star in this comedy-drama about a tough Colonel and a refined Captain who clashed during the war and continue their personal battle in peacetime Tahiti.James Mason and Sir John Mills star in this comedy-drama about a tough Colonel and a refined Captain who clashed during the war and continue their personal battle in peacetime Tahiti.
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
255
YOUR RATING
    • Ted Kotcheff
    • Geoffrey Cotterell(novel "Tiara Tahiti")
    • Ivan Foxwell
    • Mordecai Richler(additional dialogue)
  • Stars
    • James Mason
    • John Mills
    • Claude Dauphin
    • Ted Kotcheff
    • Geoffrey Cotterell(novel "Tiara Tahiti")
    • Ivan Foxwell
    • Mordecai Richler(additional dialogue)
  • Stars
    • James Mason
    • John Mills
    • Claude Dauphin
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 10User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award

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    James Mason
    James Mason
    • Capt. Brett Aimsley
    John Mills
    John Mills
    • Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
    Claude Dauphin
    Claude Dauphin
    • Henri Farengue
    Herbert Lom
    Herbert Lom
    • Chong Sing
    Rosenda Monteros
    Rosenda Monteros
    • Belle Annie
    Jacques Marin
    Jacques Marin
    • Desmoulins
    Libby Morris
    • Adele Franklin
    Madge Ryan
    Madge Ryan
    • Millie Brooks
    Gary Cockrell
    Gary Cockrell
    • Joey
    Peter Barkworth
    Peter Barkworth
    • Lt. David Harper
    Roy Kinnear
    Roy Kinnear
    • Capt. Enderby
    Noel Harrison
    Noel Harrison
    • Junior Lieutenant
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Locke
        • Ted Kotcheff
        • Geoffrey Cotterell(novel "Tiara Tahiti") (screenplay)
        • Ivan Foxwell
        • Mordecai Richler(additional dialogue)
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      • Quotes

        Henri Farengue: Oh by the way madame, while you're here you simply must go and see the leper colony.

      • Connections
        Referenced in Pinewood: 80 Years of Movie Magic (2015)
      • Soundtracks
        Tiara Tahiti
        Written by Philip Green, Norman Newell

        Sung by Danny Street

      User reviews10

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      4/10
      Those old feelings of inferiority
      Tiara Tahiti is a strange film and not one I think that should be something that James Mason and John Mills should be noted for. Their one film collaboration should have been something better.

      Of course pictorially the film is fine. The South Seas in color cinematography is impossible to do badly.

      Mason comes off far better. He's from the upper classes and at one time Mills clerked for his father. But when they got in the army the positions were reversed. Mills has risen to be a colonel and he's quite the little martinet. But when Mason comes into his command those old feelings of inferiority take over. When he gets a chance he rats Mason out during the post war occupation years as someone doing a bit of smuggling. Which gets Mason cashiered from the army and a disgrace to his family.

      So here he is on Tahiti living the good life and here comes John Mills now a big hotel tycoon, but still with the same feelings about Mason. What happens next is quite frankly not to be believed on any level.

      In many ways the character that John Mills is playing is a variant from one of his greatest films Tunes Of Glory. He's the same kind of uptight character in Tiara Tahiti. But works in a tragedy really does not go well in this comedy.

      In fact there's jealousy all around as Herbert Lom all made up as an Oriental is also quite jealous of Mason's upper class breeding even though he's two steps above a beachcomber. Tables get turned on him as well.

      Tiara Tahiti is a beautiful, but quirky film that never quite gels.
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      • Feb 2, 2015

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      • Release date
        • July 31, 1962 (Denmark)
        • United Kingdom
        • English
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      • Filming locations
        • Tahiti, French Polynesia
      • Production company
        • Ivan Foxwell Productions
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      • 1 hour 40 minutes
        • Mono

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