Mitzi Gaynor
Ens. Nellie Forbush
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South Pacific is a 1958 American romantic musical film based on the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, which in turn is loosely based on James A. Michener's 1947 short-story collection Tales of the South Pacific.
A classic musical film based on the Broadway show and the novel by James Michener. Set in World War II, it tells the story of a nurse and a Frenchman who fall in love on a South Pacific island.
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- Musical, Romance, War
- Joshua Logan
- 1958-04-14
Find out who starred in the musical film adaptation of James A. Michener's \"Tales of the South Pacific\", directed by Joshua Logan. See the full list of actors, singers, writers, and other crew members on IMDb.
Summaries. On a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman who's being courted for a dangerous military mission. Can a girl from Little Rock find happiness with a mature French planter she got to know one enchanted evening away from the military hospital where she is a nurse?
Nurse Nellie Forbush (Mitzi Gaynor) of the U.S. Navy falls for middle-aged French plantation owner Emile De Becque (Rossano Brazzi), but recoils upon discovering that he's fathered two mixed-race...
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- Mitzi Gaynor
- Joshua Logan
- South Pacific Enterprises
A musical adaptation of James A. Michener's novel about a Navy nurse and a French planter in World War II. Watch clips, read reviews, and learn more about the cast and crew of this classic film.
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The film version of the musical South Pacific, directed by Joshua Logan and starring Mitzi Gaynor and Rossano Brazzi, was a huge success in 1958. The soundtrack album, featuring the original Broadway cast and a cut song, topped the charts for over a year in the US and the UK.
