"Gangway...For This Year's BIG Adventure!"

1963

1h 49m

6.2(150 votes)

Adventure

Comedy

Romance

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.

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Cast & Crew

26 members

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John Wayne

Michael "Guns" Donovan

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Elizabeth Allen

Ameilia Dedham

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Lee Marvin

Thomas "Boats" Gilhooley

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Cesar Romero

Andre de Lage

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Mike Mazurki

Monk Menkowicz

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Jack Warden

William Dedham

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Jacqueline Malouf

Lelani Dedham

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Cherylene Lee

Sarah "Sally" Dedham

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Jeffrey Byron

Luki Dedham

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Dorothy Lamour

Miss Lafleur

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Marcel Dalio

Father Cluzeot

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Dick Foran

Sean O'Brien

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Edgar Buchanan

Francis O'Brien

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Jon Fong

Mister Eu

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Dan Ford

Child (uncredited)

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Mae Marsh

Family Council Member (uncredited)

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Ron Nyman

Naval Officer (uncredited)

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Aissa Wayne

Native Girl (uncredited)

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Sara Taft

Family Council Member (uncredited)

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Chuck Roberson

Festus

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John Alderson

Officer (uncredited)

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Frank Hagney

Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)

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Richard Kipling

Lawyer (uncredited)

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John Qualen

Deckhand Who Cries 'Man Overboard' (uncredited)

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Charles Seel

Grand Uncle Sedley Atterbury Pennyfeather (uncredited)

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Patrick Wayne

Australian Navy Lieutenant (uncredited)

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