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Plot

During the early days of World War II, South Pacific beachcomber Walter Eckland (Grant) is coerced by his old friend, Commander Frank Houghton (Trevor Howard), into becoming a coast-watcher for the Allies. He is escorted to a deserted island, to watch for Japanese planes passing overhead. As incentive, whisky is hidden in various spots around the island; every time he reports a sighting, he is rewarded with directions to a bottle. To further ensure he stays put, when Houghton leaves, his naval vessel "accidentally" hits Walter's boat, punching a gaping hole in its hull. For other meanings of Pacific, see Pacific (disambiguation). ... Trevor Howard, CBE (29 September 1913 – 7 January 1988), born Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith, was an English movie, stage and television actor. ... Captain Martin Clemens, Australian Coastwatcher on Guadalcanal, rendered services to Allied forces during the battle for the island (August, 1942-February, 1943). ...

Promotional photo of Caron.

Later, Houghton finds a replacement. The only problem is, Walter has to retrieve him from a nearby island in enemy-infested waters. When Walter goes there in a dinghy, he unexpectedly finds Frenchwoman Catherine Frenau (Caron) and seven young schoolgirls under her care stranded there. She informs him that the man he came for was killed in an air-raid. He reluctantly takes them back with him. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Dinghy of the schooner Adventuress A dinghy is a small utility boat attached to a larger boat. ...

There is no way to evacuate them safely, though Houghton arranges for more supplies to be dropped by parachute. The fastidious Catherine and the slovenly Walter soon get on each other's nerves; they call each other "Miss Goody Two Shoes" and "a rude, foul-mouthed, filthy, drunken beast". But after a while, he adjusts to her and her girls. Catherine is amused to learn that Walter had been a history professor before he ran away to the South Pacific to escape the rigid conformity. The two fall in love and are married by a minister over the radio.

A Japanese airplane picks that moment to strafe the ceremony. Since they have been detected, Houghton sends a submarine to pick them up, but an enemy patrol boat shows up at the same time. Walter takes his boat out to lure it out beyond the reef, so it can be torpedoed by the submerged sub. In the process, his boat is blasted out of the water, but he survives and everybody is safely evacuated.

Cast

• Cary Grant as Walter Christopher Eckland
• Leslie Caron as Catherine Freneau
• Trevor Howard as Commander Frank Houghton
• Jack Good as Lieutenant Stebbings

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• Sharyl Locke as Jenny
• Pip Sparke as Anne
• Verina Greenlaw as Christine
• Stephanie Berrington as Elizabeth Anderson
• Jennifer Berrington as Harriet "Harry" MacGregor
• Laurelle Felsette as Angelique
• Nichole Felsette as Dominique

Awards

The movie won the Oscar for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay, which was written directly for the screen by S. H. Barnett, Peter Stone, and Frank Tarloff, and was also nominated for Best Film Editing and Best Sound. Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Peter Stone (February 27, 1930 -April 26, 2003) was a writer for theater, television and movies. ...

It received a nomination for the 1965 Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy award. Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ...

Production

Father Goose was filmed on location in Jamaica.

External links

• Father Goose at the Internet Movie Database
• Stephanie Berrington McNutt, one of the child actors and now a lawyer, talks about making the movie