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South Pacific

Music: Richard Rodgers
Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
Book: Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan
Notes: Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning book TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC by James A Michener
Production Year: 1957
Synopsis:

Small town nurse Nellie Forbush, stationed on a South Pacific island during World War II, is forced to examine her life and attitudes when she falls in love with a handsome French planter.

Cast Member

Role

Rufus Smith
Cmdr. William Harbison, U.S.N.
Carroll Wayham
Seaman Gustl Schulz
Arthur Schwartz
Seaman Jack Hayes
Harry O. Weber
Lt. Buzz Adams
Larry Taylor
Marine Cpl. Hamilton Steeves
Nolan Van Way
Bob McCaffery
Harry Goz
Sgt. Kenneth Johnson
Jim Hawthorne
Lt. Joseph Cable, U.S.M.C.
Donald Beynon
Seabee Morton Wise/Sgt. Kenneth Johnson
Juanita Hall
Bloody Mary
Suzanne Brussman
Ensign Cora MacRae
Douglass Given
Seabee Richard West
Joseph Cusanelli
Stewpot
Richard Eastham
Emile de Becque
Mimi Dayan
Bloody Mary's Assistant
Benny Baker
Luther Billis
Sandra Deel
Ensign Nellie Forbush
Fannie Cusanelli
Ensign Connie Walewska
Ben Reed
Pvt. Victor Moulton
Jerry Jennings
Seaman Thomas Hassinger
Paula Mostovoy
Ngana
Phoebe Knox
Ensign Pamela Whitmore
Joseph Macaulay
Capt. George Brackett, U.S.N.
Barbara Johnson
Ensign Bessie Sue Yeager
Walter Richardson
Yeoman Herbert Quale
Robert Lamm
Professor
Peter Messineo
Henry
Richard Jobe
Seaman Tom O'Brien
Jackie McElroy
Ensign Dinah Murphy
Danny Longo
Jerome
Shirley Raskas
Ensign Lisa Minelli
Mary Ann Heitzig
Lt. Genevieve Marshall
Mitzie Pace
Ensign Clara Noonan
Raimonda Orselli
Liat
Richard Martin
Abner