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Director:
John Ford
Writers:
Frank S. Nugent (screenplay) and
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Release Date:
12 June 1963 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Comedy | Romance See more »
Tagline:
Wild, Wayne and Wonderful!
Plot:
'Guns' Donovan prefers carousing with his pals Doc Dedham and 'Boats' Gilhooley, until Dedham's high-society... See more » | Add synopsis »
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A very entertaining film that doesn't take life too seriously See more (54 total) »

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

John Wayne ... Michael Patrick 'Guns' Donovan

Lee Marvin ... Thomas Aloysius 'Boats' Gilhooley
Elizabeth Allen ... Ameilia Dedham

Jack Warden ... Dr. William Dedham

Cesar Romero ... Marquis Andre de Lage
Dick Foran ... Australian Navy Officer Sean O'Brien

Dorothy Lamour ... Miss Lafleur
Marcel Dalio ... Father Cluzeot

Mike Mazurki ... Sgt. Monk Menkowicz
Jacqueline Malouf ... Lelani Dedham
Cherylene Lee ... Sarah 'Sally' Dedham

Jeffrey Byron ... Luki Dedham (as Tim Stafford)

Edgar Buchanan ... Boston Attorney Francis X. O'Brien
Jon Fong ... Mister Eu
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Alderson ... Officer (uncredited)
Frank Baker ... Captain Martin (uncredited)
Clyde Cook ... Australian Officer (uncredited)
Carmen Estrabeau ... Sister Gabrielle (uncredited)
Harold Fong ... Sells Ameilia a Swimsuit (uncredited)
Dan Ford ... Child (uncredited)
H.W. Gim ... Chinese Man (uncredited)
Duke Green ... Mate (uncredited)
Frank Hagney ... Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
Sam Harris ... Family Council Member (uncredited)
Tom Harris ... Naval Officer (uncredited)
Fred Jones ... Family Council Member (uncredited)
June Y. Kim ... Servant (uncredited)
Richard Kipling ... Lawyer (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness ... Family Council Member (uncredited)
King Lockwood ... Lawyer (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons ... Australian Navy Officer (uncredited)

Mae Marsh ... Family Council Member (uncredited)
Michelle Mazurki ... (uncredited)
Midori ... Servant (uncredited)
Ron Nyman ... Naval Officer (uncredited)
Yvonne Peattie ... Sister Matthew (uncredited)
John Qualen ... Deckhand Who Cries 'Man Overboard' (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson ... Festus (uncredited)
Scott Seaton ... Family Council Member (uncredited)
Charles Seel ... Grand Uncle Sedley Atterbury Pennyfeather (uncredited)
Leslie Sketchley ... Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
John Stafford ... Child (uncredited)
Sara Taft ... Family Council Member (uncredited)
Ralph Volkie ... James (uncredited)
Aissa Wayne ... Native Girl (uncredited)

Patrick Wayne ... Australian Navy Lieutenant (uncredited)
Lee Wood ... Islander (uncredited)
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Directed by
John Ford 
 
Writing credits
Frank S. Nugent (screenplay) (as Frank Nugent) and
James Edward Grant (screenplay)

Edmund Beloin (story)

James Michener  story (uncredited)

Produced by
John Ford .... producer
 
Original Music by
Cyril J. Mockridge  (as Cyril Mockridge)
 
Cinematography by
William H. Clothier (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Otho Lovering 
 
Art Direction by
Eddie Imazu 
Hal Pereira 
 
Set Decoration by
Sam Comer 
Darrell Silvera 
 
Costume Design by
Edith Head 
 
Makeup Department
Nellie Manley .... hair style supervisor
Wally Westmore .... makeup supervisor
 
Production Management
Don Robb .... unit production manager (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Wingate Smith .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Charles Grenzbach .... sound recording
Hugo Grenzbach .... sound recording
 
Visual Effects by
Farciot Edouart .... process photography
Paul K. Lerpae .... special photographic effects
 
Stunts
Jerry Gatlin .... stunts (uncredited)
Duke Green .... stunts (uncredited)
Tom Hennesy .... stunts (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons .... stunts (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan .... stunts (uncredited)
Hal Needham .... stunts (uncredited)
Leo C. Richmond .... stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson .... stunts (uncredited)
Wally Rose .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Bernie Abramson .... still photographer (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Jack Hayes .... orchestration
Leo Shuken .... orchestration
Irvin Talbot .... conductor
 
Other crew
Richard Mueller .... Technicolor color consultant
 
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Die Hafenkneipe von Tahiti" - Austria, West Germany
"Çilginlar batakhanesi" - Turkey (Turkish title)
"A Taberna do Irlandês" - Portugal
"Aventurero del Pacífico" - Argentina
"Donovans krog" - Finland (Swedish title) (imdb display title)
"Etelämeren seikkailijat" - Finland
"Grothia kai goiteia" - Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)
"Her kommer Donovan" - Denmark
"I tre della croce del Sud" - Italy
"Kocsma a Csendes-óceánon" - Hungary (imdb display title)
"La taberna del irlandés" - Spain
"La taverne de l'Irlandais" - France
"O Aventureiro do Pacífico" - Brazil
"Taj prokleti Donovan" - Yugoslavia (Serbian title) (literal title)
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Runtime:
109 min
Country:
USA
Language:
French | English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Australia:PG | USA:Approved (PCA #20357) | West Germany:12 (nf) | Finland:S | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | Argentina:Atp
Filming Locations:
Kaua'i, Hawaii, USASee more »
Company:
John Ford ProductionsSee more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
"Boats" is Navy slang for the rating of *Boatswain's Mate*. "Guns" is Navy slang for the rating of *Gunner's Mate*.See more »
Goofs:
Factual errors: French Polynesia was 4,000 km (about 2200 nautical miles) east of the farthest Japanese expansion, and there was no fighting there.See more »
Quotes:
Marquis Andre de Lage:Well, there is our Mike Donovan. Three children and not one marriage. Oh, I do not say that he's the first man to put the cart before the horse, but three carts and no horse? Huh?See more »
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005) (TV)See more »
Soundtrack:
Waltzing MatildaSee more »

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19 out of 21 people found the following review useful.
A very entertaining film that doesn't take life too seriously, 24 December 1998
Author: Mickey-2 from Front Royal, VA

"Donovan's Reef" is set on an island in the Pacific, which is basically getting by on its own merits without much contact with the modern world. John Wayne and Lee Marvin team up to portray two navy buddies that seem to have two things in common--the same birthday and a desire to punch each others' lights out because of a quarrel that started several years before on that birthday. The rest of the cast occupy themselves trying to keep the two "friends" alive because they genuinely are decent guys.

Into this island bliss comes Elizabeth Allen, portraying a lady from Boston who is attempting to prove that her father, played by Jack Warden, has been living on the island in standards less than acceptable by Boston customs so she can claim his share of a family shipping business. Through one scene after another, the film takes a merry romp through its plot and gives the viewer a very enjoyable time.

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