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Duration: 2 hours, 25 minutes

Adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's smash-hit musical set in the wartime tropics, telling the story of two love affairs in parallel. An American nurse falls in love with a local widowed planter who is many years her senior, has children of his own and is very set in his ways. Meanwhile, a young Marine falls for a local native girl. Including hit songs Happy Talk, This Nearly Was Mine and Some Enchanted Evening.

Last on

Sun 29 Aug 2010 14:00 BBC Two only on England, Scotland, Wales

Credits

Emile de Becque
Rossano Brazzi
Ens. Nellie Forbush
Mitzi Gaynor
Lt Joseph Cable
John Kerr
Luther Billis
Ray Walston
Bloody Mary
Juanita Hall
Liat
France Nuyen
Capt George Brackett
Russ Brown
The Professor
Jack Mullaney
Stewpot
Ken Clark
Cmdr Bill Harbison
Floyd Simmons
Lt Buzz Adams
Tom Laughlin
Ngana
Candace Lee
Director
Joshua Logan
Producer
Buddy Adler
Writer
Paul Osborn

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