Overview:
In this romantic drama, beautiful Red Cross volunteer Lee Ashley arrives on the South Pacific island of New Caledonia to learn more about the circumstances surrounding the death of her husband, Howard, in the Battle of Guadalcanal. There, Ashley falls for the gruff, seductive Marine Lt. Col. Colin Buck, but struggle and tragedy follow when the widow learns about the reality of Buck's life back home.| Status: | Released (1956-06-13) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $3,900,000 |
| Screen: | Lucy Herndon Crockett, George Seaton |
| Productions: | Perlberg-Seaton Productions, Paramount Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 8252: William Holden - Lt. Col. Colin Black
- 20141: Deborah Kerr - Lee Ashley
- 7684: Thelma Ritter - Kate Connors
- 83314: Dewey Martin - Eddie Wodcik
- 7072: William Redfield - Chaplain Lt. (jg) Holmes
- 49906: Ross Bagdasarian - Louie
- 2645: Adam Williams - Eustace Press
Crews
- 26024: William Perlberg - Producer - Production
- 26026: Victor Young - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 24939: George Seaton - Story - Writing
- 24939: George Seaton - Director - Directing
- 24939: George Seaton - Screenplay - Writing
- 231214: Lucy Herndon Crockett - Novel - Writing
- 68645: Alma Macrorie - Editor - Editing
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"Lee" (Deborah Kerr) travels to the French colony of New Caledonia to do what she can for the war effort and after a brief conversation with her boss "Kate" (Thelma Ritter) we discover that she's gone all that way because her husband was killed at Guadalcanal. She's advised to focus ....
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