

1943. On an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, US troops are kicking their heels amid the cacao groves while restlessly waiting for the war to reach them. Nellie Forbush, a navy nurse from Arkansas, finds herself falling for the French plantation owner, Emile de Becque – a man with a mysterious past. The scheming sailor Luther Billis runs a makeshift laundry to earn a quick buck, but he’s no match for the quick-witted Polynesian Bloody Mary who’s intent on exploiting these foreigners. When young Princeton graduate Lieutenant Joe Cable is flown in on a dangerous reconnaissance mission, love and fear become entwined as the island’s battle for hearts and minds begins.
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Cast

Gina Beck
Ensign Nellie Forbush

Julian Ovenden
Emile de Becque

Joanna Ampil
Bloody Mary

Rob Houchen
Lt. Joseph Cable

Keir Charles
Seabee Luther Billis
Sera Maehara
Liat

David Birrell
Captain George William Brackett

Adrian Grove
Commander William Harbison
Danny Collins
Professor
Carl Au
Stewpot
Rachel Jayne Picar
Lead Nurse / Radio Operator
Iroy Abesamis
Marcel, Bloody Mary's Assistant / Seabee Juanito P Edora
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