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1956 British film by Wolf Rilla From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pacific Destiny is a 1956 British drama film directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Denholm Elliott, Susan Stephen and Michael Hordern.[2] The screenplay concerns a young British couple who win the respect of the inhabitants of a South Pacific island during the colonial era.[3]
Pacific Destiny | |
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Directed by | Wolf Rilla |
Written by | Richard Mason (screenplay) Jack Lee (adaptation) |
Based on | book A Pattern of Islands by Sir Arthur Grimble |
Produced by | James Lawrie |
Starring | Denholm Elliott Susan Stephen |
Cinematography | Martin Curtis |
Edited by | John Trumper |
Music by | James Bernard |
Production companies | Lawrie Productions Limited British Lion Films Limited (in association with) Shepperton Studios, England |
Distributed by | A British Lion Release (UK) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 96 mins[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
It was based on A Pattern of Islands, a memoir by Sir Arthur Grimble recounting his time in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands as a cadet officer and Resident Commissioner in the 1920s.[4][5]
The true story of inexperienced District Officer Cadet Arthur Grimble (Denholm Elliott) who arrives with his bride Olivia (Susan Stephen) on a remote Pacific island to work in the Colonial Service. He finds it hard to meet the approval of his superior, the Resident Commissioner (Michael Hordern), who had been expecting a more experienced man. The harder Grimble tries to please him, the more things seem to go awry, and he soon finds himself banished to a smaller neighbouring island. Olivia though is not as easily discouraged as her husband by the situation, and lends her support in a way that eventually meets with the approval of the island people.
Dances arranged by The Hon. Peseta Sio and Mailo
Leonard Maltin called it a "Boring (but true) story";[7] TV Guide again, though praising the performances of Elliott and Hordern, called it "a routine and boring story with a pretty picture backdrop":[6] and British Pictures noted "A pleasant bit of colonial travelogue, most notable for being Britain's first fiction film in Cinemascope."[8]
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