Until They Sail (1957)

Directed by

Robert Wise

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

12

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four sisters in New Zealand fall in love with American Marines during World War II. The film follows their relationships and the emotional changes brought by the war.

romanticbittersweetwarmnostalgicmelancholicintimateyearningtender

What happens

Until They Sail is a 1957 American black-and-white CinemaScope drama film directed by Robert Wise and starring Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Paul Newman, Piper Laurie and Sandra Dee. The screenplay by Robert Anderson, based on a story by James A. Michener included in his 1951 anthology Return to Paradise, focuses on four New Zealand sisters and their relationships with U.S. Marines during World War II. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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