Until They Sail (1957)

Until They Sail (1957) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
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Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
94 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1957 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Robert Wise

Written By:
James Michener
Robert Anderson

Actors:
Jean Simmons ..... Barbara Leslie Forbes
Joan Fontaine ..... Anne Leslie
Paul Newman ..... Capt. Jack Harding
Piper Laurie ..... Delia Leslie Friskett
Charles Drake ..... Capt. Richard Bates
Sandra Dee ..... Evelyn Leslie
Wally Cassell ..... Phil Friskett aka Shiner
Alan Napier ..... Prosecution Attorney
Ralph Votrian ..... Max Murphy
John Wilder ..... Tommy
Tige Andrews ..... US Marine, Store Customer
Adam Kennedy ..... Andy, Delia's Lover
Mickey Shaughnessy ..... US Marine, Store Customer
Patrick Macnee ..... Pvt. Duff (scenes deleted)

Synopsis:

Adapted by Robert Anderson from a story by James A. Michener, the Robert Wise-directed soaper Until They Sail is set in World-War-II New Zealand. Paul Newman plays been-there-done-that U.S. marine captain Jack Harding, assigned to investigate servicemen's requests to marry local girls. An unemotional cipher, Harding begins to warm up when he meets war widow Barbara Leslie Forbes (Jean Simmons), a woman with three sisters (played by Joan Fontaine, Piper Laurie, and Sandra Dee -- what a gene pool!). The Newman-Simmons relationship is played against the romance between uptight spinster Anne Leslie (Fontaine) and good-natured officer Richard Bates (Charles Drake), and the dysfunctional marriage between the emotionally desperate (and nymphomaniacal) Delia Leslie (Laurie) and slimy Shiner Friskett (Wally Cassell), who is off in battle. The fourth sister, Evelyn (Dee), watches her sisters' amorous pursuits longingly, her mind occupied by her own true love, who is off to war. Until They Sail was a copacetic reunion between star Newman and director Robert Wise, who'd previously collaborated in Somebody Up There Likes Me.

New Zealand was used as a hub for American Marines, waiting to be shipped out to fight in the South Pacific during WWII; and this movie tells the story of four 'kiwi' sisters and their romantic entanglement with American servicemen.Joan Fontaine plays the oldest sister (nicknamed 'Iceberg Anne' by Evelyn). Anne started as the unsympathetic old maid who looked down on all local girls who threw themselves at the American soldiers, then ended up falling in love with Charles Drake's down-to-earth Captain Dick Bates.Jean Simmons plays the second sister, Barbara, a widow who finds herself drawn to the cynical Captain Jack Harding, played by Paul Newman. Jack is in charge of investigating marriage requests submitted by marines, ensuring that the lonely boys are not infesting the USA with 'undesirable' women; hence, he does not believe in having romantic relationship with any women. Barbara is in love with Jack, but does not want to see herself becoming Delia and another one of 'those girls.' Their feelings for each other grew strong and against their better judgments, they begin an 'almost' love affair for a few months, and then Jack sets sail to join the other marines fighting in the South Pacific.Piper Laurie plays Delia - the black sheep of the family (and the actress with the least screen time). Her endless string of love affairs with American servicemen, while her husband rots away in an POW camp, eventually leads to her own death and a scandalous murder trial. Ironically, this is also what finally brought Barbara and Jack back together.Sandra Dee plays the baby sister, Evelyn, the only sister who ended up marrying a local boy after he returns home from war. Evelyn's role provides comic relief in this movie, being the typical 15-going-on-30 teenager and making smarty-pants comments on the ups and downs of her older sisters' love live.

Four sisters in New Zealand fall for four U.S. soldiers en route to the Pacific theater in WWII.

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