Pacific Destiny | |
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Directed by | Wolf Rilla |
Written by | Richard Mason (screenplay) Jack Lee (adaptation) |
Based on | book A Pattern of Islands by Sir Arthur Grimble |
Produced by | James Lawrie |
Starring | Denholm Elliott Susan Stephen |
Cinematography | Martin Curtis |
Edited by | John Trumper |
Music by | James Bernard |
Production companies | Lawrie Productions Limited British Lion Films Limited (in association with) Shepperton Studios, England |
Distributed by | A British Lion Release (UK) |
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Running time | 96 mins[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Pacific Destiny is a 1956 British drama film directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Denholm Elliott, Susan Stephen and Michael Hordern.[2] The screenplay concerns a young British couple who win the respect of the inhabitants of a South Pacific island during the colonial era.[3]
It was based on A Pattern of Islands, a memoir by Sir Arthur Grimble recounting his time in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands as a cadet officer and Resident Commissioner in the 1920s.[4][5]
Film credits show Samoa as the filming location.[6]