type: 

ADVENTURE

COMEDY

ROMANCE

WAR

During World War II, South Sea beachcomber Walter Eckland is persuaded to spy on planes passing over his island. He gets more than he bargained for as schoolteacher Catherine Frenau arrives on the run from the Japanese with her pupils in tow!

name	character
Jennifer Berrington	Harriet MacGregor
Stephanie Berrington	Elizabeth Anderson
Leslie Caron	Catherine Freneau
Laurelle Felsette	Angelique
Nicole Felsette	Dominique
Alex Finlayson	Doctor Bigrave
Peter Forster	Chaplain
Jack Good	Lieutenant Stebbings
Cary Grant	Walter Christopher Eckland
Verina Greenlaw	Christine
Trevor Howard	Commander Frank Houghton
Sharyl Locke	Jenny
Richard Lupino	Radioman
Frank Marocco	Accordionist
John Napier	Lt. Cartwright
Simon Scott	Captain of Submarine, USS Sailfin
Pip Sparke	Anne
Don Spruance	Navigator
Ken Swofford	Helmsman, Submarine USS Sailfin

name
Robert Arthur	producer
S.H. Barnett	writer (original)
Cy Coleman	composer
Ralph Nelson	director
Peter Stone	writer (original)
Frank Tarloff	writer (original)

year	award	category	name
1964	Academy Award	Best Screenplay	Peter Stone
1964	Academy Award	Best Screenplay	Frank Tarloff
1964	Academy Award	Best Screenplay	S.H. Barnett