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Release Date:
September 16, 1955
Original Title:
Pearl of the South Pacific
Alternate Titles:
Les perles du Pacifique Sud
Genres:
Adventure
Production Companies:
Benedict Bogeaus Production
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12 US: NR
Runtime: 86
Two beachcombers with a yacht join woman-with-a-past Rita on a quest for black pearls on a secret island. Arrived, they find another white man has made himself high priest; but George, the latter's handome son, is fair game for Rita, who lands in the guise of a missionary! The inevitable conflict over the pearls brings violence and corruption to the quiet island.
Additional Dialogue:
Talbot Jennings
Art Direction:
Van Nest Polglase
Assistant Director:
Lew Borzage
Director:
Allan Dwan
Director of Photography:
John Alton
Editor:
Carlo Lodato
Hairstylist:
Myrl Stoltz
Makeup Artist:
Mel Berns
Emile LaVigne
Screenplay:
Jesse Lasky Jr.
Set Decoration:
Bertram C. Granger
Story:
Anna Hunger
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