Donovan's Reef Movie Review 1963

Two WWII buddies meet every year on a Pacific atoll to engage in a perpetual bar-brawl, until a stuck-up Bostonian maiden appears to find her dad, a man who has fathered a brood of lovable half-casts. A rollicking, good-natured film from Ford.

Distribution

Time-Life Video and Television, 1450 Palmyra Ave., Richmond, VA 23227-4420, Phone: (804)266-6330, Toll-free: 800-950-7887, Fax: (757)427-7905

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 109 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Buddies, Dads, Director/Star Teams: Ford & Wayne

Screenplay

James Edward Grant, Frank Nugent

Cast

John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Jack Warden, Elizabeth Allen, Dorothy Lamour, Mike Mazurki, Cesar Romero

Cinematography

William Clothier

Director

John Ford

Music

Cyril Mockridge

Other

Otho Lovering

Producer

Paramount Pictures