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In their last film together, John Ford directs John Wayne in this romantic comedy. Wayne plays Michael Donovan, who with Thomas Gilhooley and William Dedham, all ex-Navy pals, have ended up on a South Pacific island after the war. Donovan runs the bar, Gilhooley hangs out there and Dedham is now the island doctor, married to one of the locals. But trouble threatens their paradise when Dedham's estranged daughter Amelia arrives with news he's heir to the family's shipping company. He could lose the inheritance to her if he's seen to be living in an 'immoral' way but luckily he's away on an emergency. Donovan convinces her he's responsible for Dedham's children and while maintaining the subterfuge, the beauty of the island and its way of life gets under Amelia's skin, as does Donovan's wooing of her, until all thoughts of the inheritance fade from her mind as she decides to stay on at Donovan's Reef.

Keywords:

Action, Comedy, Romance, Christmas, Xmas, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1963) (USA) (3 Star)

Cast:

John Wayne	.... Michael Patrick 'Guns' Donovan
Lee Marvin	.... Thomas Aloysius 'Boats' Gilhooley
Elizabeth Allen	.... Ameilia Sarah Dedham
Jack Warden	.... Dr. William Dedham

Supporting Cast:

Cesar Romero	.... Marquis Andre de Lage
Dick Foran	.... Australian Navy Officer
Dorothy Lamour	.... Miss Lafleur
Marcel Dalio	.... Father Cluzeot
Mike Mazurki	.... Sergeant Monk Menkowicz
Jacqueline Malouf	.... Lelani Dedham
Cherylene Lee	.... Sally Dedham
Jeffrey Byron	.... Luki Dedham
Edgar Buchanan	.... Boston Attorney
Jon Fong	.... Mister Eu

Directors:

John Ford

Writers:

Edmund Beloin
James Edward Grant