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Donovan's Reef is a american film of genre Comedy directed by John Ford released in USA on 12 june 1963 with John Wayne
Donovan's Reef (1963)
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Add to a movie listDonovan's Reef is a 1963 American film starring John Wayne. It was directed by John Ford and filmed on location on Kauai, Hawaii.
The cast included Elizabeth Allen, Lee Marvin, Jack Warden, Dorothy Lamour, and Cesar Romero. The film marked the last time Ford and Wayne ever worked together on a project.
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The film is a morality play in the guise of an action/comedy. It deals harshly (though not in an obvious way) with issues of racial bigotry, corporate connivance and greed, American beliefs of societal "superiority" and hypocrisy (i.e., the Boston shipping company considers carrying rum to be immoral, so they euphemistically refer to it as "West Indies goods"). Otherwise, Donovan's Reef is a light-hearted movie made in a period conforming, formulaic and sweetly naive manner (see "Critical Reception", below).Actors
John Wayne
(Michael "Guns" Donovan)
Lee Marvin
(Thomas "Boats" Gilhooley)
Jack Warden
(William Dedham)
Elizabeth Allen
(Ameilia Dedham)
Cesar Romero
(Andre de Lage)
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