The Helen Morgan Story
1957
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Visually, 'Until They Sail' is beautifully and cleverly shot with some striking and vivid locations. The script is thought-provoking and remarkably daring in its sophistication-filled and not over-serious handling of themes seldom explored in film at this point, giving it much humanity.
67% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 62% Audience Score 100+ Ratings In 1941, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the New Zealand city of Christchurch is visited by hundreds of U.S. Marines -- a welcome sight...
- (6)
- Jean Simmons
- Robert Wise
- Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Until They Sail is a 1957 American black-and-white CinemaScope drama film directed by Robert Wise and starring Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, and Sandra Dee.
Until They Sail: Directed by Robert Wise. With Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Paul Newman, Piper Laurie. During WWII, unmarried New Zealand women meet and marry American soldiers who are fighting in the Pacific theater.
- (1.6K)
- Drama, Romance, War
- Robert Wise
- 1957-10-23
Grief and love intertwine as a group of sisters living in Christchurch, New Zealand, endure World War II at home. They go from excitedly plotting their husbands and boyfriends on a world map, trying to follow where they are to mournfully removing those pins as news of their demise filters home.
- (568)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Robert Wise
Based on a story by James Michener, Until They Sail follows the lives of four New Zealand sisters during World War II, and shows how they are affected by the arrival of the U.S. military. Newman plays a cynical, hard-drinking marine who falls in love with one of the sisters, a widow, played by Jean Simmons.
Until They Sail Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine. Better than most of the soap operas it resembles, this tells of the...
