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Pacific Destiny(1956)
Status: Released
Date: 1956-01-01
55%
6 Votes
Time: 1h 38m
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies:
Shepperton Productions
British Lion Films
Movie: Pacific Destiny
Top 10 Billed Cast
Denholm Elliott
Arthur Grimble
Susan Stephen
Olivia Grimble
Michael Hordern
Resident Commissioner
Gordon Jackson
District Officer
Inia Te Wiata
Tauveta
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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.
Release Date
1956-01-01
Average
5.5
Rating:
2.8 startsTagline
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