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Donovan's Reef
Gangway...For This Year's BIG Adventure!
Genres
AdventureComedyRomance
Overview
After her great aunt's death, a high-society woman arrives on a Hawaiian island in search of the heir - the father she has never met.
Details
Budget
$2686000
Revenue
$6600000
Runtime
109 min
Release Date
1963-06-12
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
153
Vote Average
6.3
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
John Wayne
Michael "Guns" Donovan
Elizabeth Allen
Ameilia Dedham
Lee Marvin
Thomas "Boats" Gilhooley
Cesar Romero
Andre de Lage
Mike Mazurki
Monk Menkowicz
Jack Warden
William Dedham
Jacqueline Malouf
Lelani Dedham
Cherylene Lee
Sarah "Sally" Dedham
Jeffrey Byron
Luki Dedham
Dorothy Lamour
Miss Lafleur
Marcel Dalio
Father Cluzeot
Dick Foran
Sean O'Brien
Edgar Buchanan
Francis O'Brien
Jon Fong
Mister Eu
Dan Ford
Child (uncredited)
Mae Marsh
Family Council Member (uncredited)
Ron Nyman
Naval Officer (uncredited)
Aissa Wayne
Native Girl (uncredited)
Sara Taft
Family Council Member (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson
Festus
John Alderson
Officer (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
Richard Kipling
Lawyer (uncredited)
John Qualen
Deckhand Who Cries 'Man Overboard' (uncredited)
Charles Seel
Grand Uncle Sedley Atterbury Pennyfeather (uncredited)
Patrick Wayne
Australian Navy Lieutenant (uncredited)
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