Pacific Destiny (1956)
Life is strange and worrying for a cadet who arrives in the Pacific in the colonial service. And the testy resident commissioner, who had been expecting an experienced man, soon shows his disapproval.
- Date of release
- 1956-01-01
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Wolf Rilla
Casting
- Denholm Elliott — Arthur Grimble
- Susan Stephen — Olivia Grimble
- Michael Hordern — Resident Commissioner
- Felix Felton — Uncle
- Peter Bathurst — Uncle
- Clifford Buckton — Uncle
- Gordon Jackson — District Officer
- Inia Te Wiata — Tauveta
- Henrietta Godinet — Lama
- Hans Kruse — Kitiona
- Moira Walker — Voice-of-the-Tide
- Ezra Williams — Tiki-Tiku
Interesting facts
Pacific Destiny is a 1956 British drama film directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Denholm Elliott, Susan Stephen and Michael Hordern. It was written by Richard Mason and Jack Lee based on the 1952 memoir A Pattern of Islands by Sir Arthur Grimble recounting his time in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands as a cadet officer and Resident Commissioner in the 1920s.
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