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.
- $5.61 million
- Richard Rodgers
- March 19, 1958
- Buddy Adler
A classic musical film based on the stage show and the novel by James A. Michener, set in World War II. It features Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr and others in a love story amidst the South Pacific island and the military hospital.
- Joshua Logan
- 138
- 1 min
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.
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
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?
South Pacific (1958) - Turner Classic Movies. Brief Synopsis. A Navy nurse must choose between love and prejudice during World War II. Cast & Crew. Read More. Joshua Logan. Director. Rossano Brazzi. Emile de Becque. Mitzi Gaynor. Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN. John Kerr. Lt. Joseph Cable, USMC. Ray Walston. Luther Billis. Juanita Hall. Bloody Mary.
ACT ONE. On a terrace in the South Pacific during World War II, two Polynesian children, Ngana and Jerome, sing a simple song in French (“Dites-Moi”). As they’re playfully chased inside by a house attendant, French plantation owner Emile de Becque escorts Nellie Forbush, a nurse from Arkansas, on a tour through his estate.
