South Pacific
Family, Musical
20th Century Fox  (1958) 151 mins NR

6.8 (2,796 votes)
A group of American Navy men are stationed in the South Pacific during WWII. Much to the mens’ delight, a group of American nurses are also stationed on their island. The head nurse is Nellie Forbush (Mitzi Gaynor) who falls in love with an older local planter, Emile de Becque (Rossano Brazzi). He wants to marry her, but she is repulsed by his bi-racial children from his marriage to a Polynesian woman. A U. S. Marine, Lt. Joe Cable (John Kerr) arrives on the island to take part in a secret mission. When resident con-man Seabee Luther Billis (Ray Walston) talks Lt. Cable into signing a boat out to make a trip to the mystical island of Bali Ha’i, Lt. Cable meets the daughter of Polynesian souvenir saleswoman Bloody Mary (Juanita Hall) and falls in love. When Nellie refuses Emile because of his children, and Lt. Cable won’t marry Liat because she’s Polynesian, the two men join together to p...

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Cast and Crew
Rossano Brazzi  ......  Emile de Becque
Mitzi Gaynor  ......  Ens. Nellie Forbush
John Kerr  ......  Lt. Joseph Cable
Ray Walston  ......  Luther Billis
Juanita Hall  ......  Bloody Mary
France Nuyen  ......  Liat
Director  .....  Joshua Logan
Producer  .....  Buddy Adler; George P. Skouras
Writer  .....  Joshua Logan; Oscar Hammerstein II; Paul Osborn; Richard Rodgers
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: Tattoo on the stomach of Luther Billis disappears and reappears when he is stranded in the lifeboat. (more)

Trivia:
The love scenes between characters Joe Cable and Liat were considered shocking by the still conservative standards of the late 1950s. (more)

Filming Locations:
Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain (more)

Quotes:
Bloody Mary: [the ancient Mary is looking him up and down] Lieu-tellen, you sexy man.
Lt. Cable: Thanks... You're looking pretty... er, fit yourself.
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 7 nominations (more)