Book By: Oscar Hammerstein II
Muisc By: Richard Rodgers
Lyrics By: Oscar Hammerstein II
Directed By: Joshua Logan
Produced By: Buddy Adler
Screenwriter: Paul Osborn
Choreography By: LeRoy Prinz
Released By: 20th Century-Fox
Show Status: ON VHS & DVD
Based on: Based on "Tales of the South Pacific" by James A. Michener
Set in an island paradise during World War II, two parallel love stories are threatened by the dangers of prejudice and war. Nellie, a spunky nurse from Arkansas, falls in love with a mature French planter, Emile. Nellie learns that the mother of his children was an island native and, unable to turn her back on the prejudices with which she was raised, refuses Emile's proposal of marriage. Meanwhile, the strapping Lt. Joe Cable denies himself the fulfillment of a future with an innocent Tonkinese girl with whom he's fallen in love out of the same fears that haunt Nellie. When Emile is recruited to accompany Joe on a dangerous mission that claims Joe's life, Nellie realizes that life is too short not to seize her own chance for happiness, thus confronting and conquering her prejudices.
Rossano Brazzi .... Emile de Becque
Mitzi Gaynor .... Ens. Nellie Forbush
John Kerr .... Lt. Joseph Cable
Ray Walston .... Luther Billis
Juanita Hall .... Bloody Mary
France Nuyen .... Liat
Russ Brown .... Capt. George Brackett
Jack Mullaney .... The Professor
Ken Clark .... Stewpot
Floyd Simmons .... Cmdr. Bill Harbison
Candace Lee .... Ngana
Warren Hsieh .... Jerome
Tom Laughlin .... Lt. Buzz Adams
Giorgio Tozzi .... Emile de Becque (singing voice)
Francis Kahele .... Henry - Emile's Servant
Robert Jacobs .... 1st Comnmunications Man
John Gabriel .... 2nd Communcations Man
Richard Harrison .... Co-Pilot
Ron Ely .... Navigator
Steve Wiland .... Seabee Dancer
Richard H. Cutting .... Adm. Kester
Joe Bailey .... U.S. Commander
Overture
Dites-Moi
Cockeyed Optimist, A
Twin Soliloquies
Some Enchanted Evening
Bloody Mary
My Girl Back Home
There Is Nothin' Like A Dame
Bali Ha'i
I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair
Wonderful Guy, A
Younger Than Springtime
Happy Talk
Honey Bun
You've Got To Be Carefully Taught
This Nearly Was Mine
Finale:
South Pacific (Original 1949 Broadway Cast)
South Pacific (1958 Film Soundtrack)
South Pacific (2001 Television Soundtrack)
South Pacific (1996 Studio Cast) (First Complete Recording)
South Pacific (Royal National Theatre Production - 2001 London Cast)
South Pacific: 1988 London Cast Recording
VHS: South Pacific (1958)