Father Goose (1964)

Directors

Ralph Nelson

Cast

Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard, Jack Good, Sharyl Locke, Pip Sparke

The story

While the Royal Australian Navy evacuates Salamaua, Papua New Guinea, in February 1942 ahead of a Japanese invasion, Commander Frank Houghton coerces an old friend, American beachcomber Walter Eckland, into becoming a coast watcher for the Allies. When the misanthropic Eckland initially refuses to involve himself in the war, Houghton orders Eckland's cabin cruiser confiscated. Rather than lose the boat, Eckland reluctantly agrees to go to the island, not intending to stay.

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