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Until They Sail

  • 1957
  • Approved
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
1.9K
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Paul Newman and Jean Simmons in Until They Sail (1957)
During WWII, unmarried New Zealand women meet and marry American soldiers who are fighting in the Pacific theater.
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During WWII, unmarried New Zealand women meet and marry American soldiers who are fighting in the Pacific theater.During WWII, unmarried New Zealand women meet and marry American soldiers who are fighting in the Pacific theater.During WWII, unmarried New Zealand women meet and marry American soldiers who are fighting in the Pacific theater.

  • Director
    • Robert Wise
  • Writers
    • Robert Anderson
    • James A. Michener
  • Stars
    • Jean Simmons
    • Paul Newman
    • Joan Fontaine
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    • IMDb RATING
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    1.9K
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    • Director
      • Robert Wise
    • Writers
      • Robert Anderson
      • James A. Michener
    • Stars
      • Jean Simmons
      • Paul Newman
      • Joan Fontaine
    • 50User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Top Cast82

    Jean Simmons
    Jean Simmons
    • Barbara Leslie Forbes
    Paul Newman
    Paul Newman
    • Capt. Jack Harding
    Joan Fontaine
    Joan Fontaine
    • Anne Leslie
    Piper Laurie
    Piper Laurie
    • Delia Leslie Friskett
    Charles Drake
    Charles Drake
    • Capt. Richard Bates
    Sandra Dee
    Sandra Dee
    • Evelyn Leslie
    Wally Cassell
    Wally Cassell
    • Phil Friskett aka Shiner
    Alan Napier
    Alan Napier
    • Prosecution Attorney
    Ralph Votrian
    Ralph Votrian
    • Max Murphy
    John Wilder
    John Wilder
    • Tommy
    Tige Andrews
    Tige Andrews
    • US Marine, Store Customer
    Adam Kennedy
    • Andy, Delia's Lover
    Mickey Shaughnessy
    Mickey Shaughnessy
    • US Marine, Store Customer
    Patrick Macnee
    Patrick Macnee
    • Pvt. Duff
    • (scenes deleted)
    David Armstrong
    • Courtroom Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    Walter Bacon
    • Courtroom Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    Eddie Baker
    Eddie Baker
    • Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    John Barton
    • Courtroom Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Robert Wise
    • Writers
      • Robert Anderson
      • James A. Michener
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    • Trivia
      Sandra Dee's debut ("Evelyn Leslie") But, the 1957 Soviet animated feature The Snow Queen (1957) is often listed as Dee's first film credit, because she and other Hollywood stars did the voices for the English-language version, but that English-language audio was not actually made until 1959.
    • Goofs
      At the start of the film, set in 1939, the four sisters put up a map of the world to keep track of the soldiers' locations, but the map is contemporary from the year the film was made (1957), showing numerous nations that did not exist in 1939, for example: Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam (which would have been French Indochina in 1939), Indonesia (formerly the Dutch East Indies), Thailand (called Siam in 1939), and Pakistan (which was part of British India), among other countries.
    • Quotes
      • Barbara Leslie Forbes: [Last lines] If my father could read the history of his daughters...
      • Capt. Jack Harding: He'd understand.
      • Barbara Leslie Forbes: As they say, to understand is to forgive. Or is it, to understand is not to forgive? I can never remember.
    • Connections
      References Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
    • Soundtracks
      Until They Sail
      Music by David Raksin
      Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
      Sung by Eydie Gormé

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    Details

    • Release date
      • October 23, 1957 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Tierra sin hombres
    • Filming locations
      • Cathedral Square, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand(N Johnson)
    • Production company
      • Loew's
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    Box office

    • Budget
      • $1,841,000 (estimated)
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 34m(94 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Perspecta Stereo
      • 4-Track Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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