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Pacific Destiny (1956)

Pacific Destiny poster
Directed by
Wolf Rilla
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young British cadet officer is posted to a remote Pacific island in the 1920s. He and his wife gradually earn the trust of the local people during the colonial period.

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What happens

Pacific Destiny is a 1956 British drama film directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Denholm Elliott, Susan Stephen and Michael Hordern. It was written by Richard Mason and Jack Lee based on the 1952 memoir A Pattern of Islands by Sir Arthur Grimble recounting his time in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands as a cadet officer and Resident Commissioner in the 1920s. The screenplay concerns a young British couple who win the respect of the inhabitants of a South Pacific island during the colonial era. Film credits show Samoa as the filming location. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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