South Pacific
“There is nothing you can name that is anything like...”
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? Or should she just wash that man out of her hair? Bloody Mary is the philosopher of the island and it's hard to believe she could be the mother of Liat who has captured the heart of Lt. Joseph Cable USMC. While waiting for action in the war in the South Pacific, sailors and nurses put on a musical comedy show. The war gets closer and the saga of Nellie Forbush and Emile de Becque becomes serious drama.
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Cast
186 people
Rossano Brazzi
Emile De Becque
Known for
The Final Conflict
The Italian Job
Mitzi Gaynor
Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN
Known for
The Joker is Wild
There's No Business Like Show Business
John Kerr
Lt. Joseph Cable, USMC
Known for
The Pit and the Pendulum
Tea and Sympathy
Ray Walston
Luther Billis
Known for
The Stand
The Apartment
Juanita Hall
Bloody Mary
Also in
Flower Drum Song
Harlem Follies of 1949
France Nuyen
Liat
Known for
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
St. Elsewhere
Russ Brown
Capt. J.M. Brackett, USN
Known for
Anatomy of a Murder
It Happened to Jane
Jack Mullaney
The Professor
Known for
The Absent-Minded Professor
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
Ken Clark
Stewpot
Known for
Attack of the Giant Leeches
Love Me Tender
Floyd Simmons
Commander Harbison, USN
Known for
Twice-Told Tales
Candace Lee
Ngana - Emile's Child
Warren Hsieh
Jerome - Emile's Child
Also in
China Gate
The Eddy Duchin Story
Joshua Logan Director · Paul Osborn Screenplay James Michener Author
Worldwide gross $37M · Budget $6M · United States release March 19, 1958
Box office
Budget
$6,000,000
Worldwide gross
$36,800,000
Gross vs. budget
6.1×
Production
Magna Theatre Corporation
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South Pacific Enterprises
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The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
Rodgers & Hammerstein Productions
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
United States · March 19, 1958
Theatrical · Todd-AO premiere at Criterion Theatre in New York City.
France
July 8, 1958 · Theatrical
Germany
November 28, 1958 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 21, 1958 · Theatrical
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