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Just off the South Sea island of Haleakoloha, World War II hero "Boats" Gilhooley jumps ship and swims ashore in search of his Navy buddy, "Guns" Donovan. Each year on their birthdays (December 7), the two men engage in a barroom brawl; this year's ritual takes place in Donovan's Reef, a tavern owned by Guns.
May 4, 2022 · Donovan's Reef by John Ford. Publication date 1963 Usage Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International Topics Cinema Language English. No copyright infringement Addeddate 2022-05-04 11:49:57 Identifier donovans-reef-ford Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.4 . plus-circle Add Review.
Three World War II Navy veterans -- Donovan (John Wayne), Doc Dedham (Jack Warden) and Gilhooley (Lee Marvin) -- converge on the French Polynesian island of Haleakaloha and team up to deceive ...
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In an ideal society on a picturesque South Sea island, people of several races and backgrounds live together in harmony. John Wayne is a WWII hero, who worked hard to own a shipping company and finds his true love. She is as strong a woman as he is a man.
Buy or rent. YouTube Movies & TV. 180M subscribers. Subscribed. 590. Acclaimed director John Ford and screen legend John Wayne team up for what would be their final collaboration in this...
donovan's reef. Watch trailer. Synopsis. John Ford's last film to deal with World War II, Donovan's Reef is an alternately comical and sentimental look back on the fighting Navy men from that war, and how and where -- in Ford's eyes, and Frank Nugent and James Edward Grant's script -- they should have ended up.
Overview. After her great aunt's death, a high-society woman arrives on a Hawaiian island in search of the heir - the father she has never met. John Ford. Director. Frank S. Nugent. Screenplay. James Edward Grant. Screenplay. Edmund Beloin. Story. Reviews 1. Discussions 1. Written by John Chard on December 24, 2018.
