William Holden
Lt. Col. Colin Black
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The Proud and Profane is a 1956 American romantic drama film directed by George Seaton and starring William Holden and Deborah Kerr with Thelma Ritter, Dewey Martin, William Redfield and Peter Hansen in supporting roles.
The Proud and Profane: Directed by George Seaton. With William Holden, Deborah Kerr, Thelma Ritter, Dewey Martin. In the Pacific during WWII, a Roman Catholic widow falls for a tough lieutenant colonel.
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- Drama, Romance, War
- George Seaton
- 1956-09-25
In 1943, Lee Ashley arrives in Noumea, on the island of New Caledonia in the South Pacific, where she has come to work as a Red Cross volunteer. As the island is home to an Allied military base, the attractive Lee quickly draws the attention of the love-starved soldiers, sailors and Marines stationed there, but she is only interested in finding ...
In 1943, war widow Lee Ashley joins the American Red Cross and volunteers for the war in the Pacific where she hopes to find her husband's grave, a U.S. Marines lieutenant killed in battle on Guadalcanal. In Noumea, on the Free French Forces-controlled island of New Caledonia, Lee meets veteran Red Cross nurse Kate Connors, who tells Lee to ...
In this romantic drama, beautiful Red Cross volunteer Lee Ashley arrives on the South Pacific island of New Caledonia to learn more about the circumstances surrounding the death of her husband, Howard, in the Battle of Guadalcanal.
Red Cross volunteer Lee Ashley (Deborah Kerr) arrives in New Caledonia in 1943, hoping to find out details about the death of her husband on Guadalcanal....
- Romance
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Screen greats William Holden (Stalag 17) and Deborah Kerr (From Here to Eternity) star in the romantic World War II classic, The Proud and Profane. Red Cross volunteer Lee Ashley (Kerr) arrives in New Caledonia in 1943, hoping to discover details about the death of her husband on Guadalcanal.
