Donovan's Reef

1963
Approved
1h 49m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

10K

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Adventure Comedy Romance

In an ideal society on a picturesque South Seas isle, diverse people live in harmony until an outsider disrupts the balance.In an ideal society on a picturesque South Seas isle, diverse people live in harmony until an outsider disrupts the balance.In an ideal society on a picturesque South Seas isle, diverse people live in harmony until an outsider disrupts the balance.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

10K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,983

6,246

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Trivia
When John Ford offered Lee Marvin the role of Gilhooley, he told the actor it didn't matter what the story was as it would be a good excuse for the cast and crew to have a free holiday in Hawaii.

Goofs
French Polynesia was 4,000 km (about 2200 nautical miles) east of the farthest Japanese expansion, and there was no fighting there.

Quotes
[Gilhooley about to throw bottle during fight]
Michael Patrick 'Guns' Donovan: Not the brandy, you dope!
Thomas Aloysius 'Boats' Gilhooley: [puts bottle carefully down on bar] Sorry!

Connections
Featured in Hollywood Remembers Lee Marvin (2000)

Soundtracks
Frere Jacques
(uncredited)
Traditional
Sung by the children

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Featured review

10/10

Paradise Lost

With The Duke and Lee Marvin, I knew that this was going to be a fun movie to watch. No disappointment there. Filled with the splendor of the South Pacific and scored with beautiful music from the islands, it will appeal to any fan of the tropics. Elizabeth Allen is stunning as the leggy Boston blue blood who arrives on the island and gets everyone stirred up. She, along with Wayne, Marvin and Jack Warden make the film funny and appealing. If you want to watch a film that does not use today's hackneyed formula of gratuitous sex, profanity, explosions and car chases, fix yourself a Mai Tai, put on your flowered shirt and watch Donovan's Reef. Aloha.