South Sea Woman

South Sea Woman is a 1953 American black-and-white action-comedy-drama film starring Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo and Chuck Connors, and directed by Arthur Lubin. It was based on the play General Court Martial by William M. Rankin with the working title being Sulu Sea.[2] The picture was written by Edwin Blum.

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South Sea Woman
Original film poster
Directed by	Arthur Lubin
Screenplay by	Edwin Blum
Adaptation by	Earl Baldwin Stanley Shapiro
Based on	General Court Martial play by William M. Rankin
Produced by	Samuel Bischoff
Starring	Burt Lancaster Virginia Mayo
Cinematography	Ted D. McCord
Edited by	Clarence Kolster
Music by	David Buttolph
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	June 27, 1953 (1953-06-27)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2 million (US)[1]

Jeanine Basinger's and Jeremy Arnold's book The World War II Combat Film – Anatomy of a Genre calls the film a significant mixture of genres: tongue-in-cheek adventure, "Flagg and Quirt" (1926)-style service comedy, Road to...Hope and Crosby road film, South Seas, prison escape, pirate, World War II and costume drama mixing ridiculous comedy with hard-boiled action in "Tell It to the Marines" style.[3]