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

1963

1h 49m

6.2(164 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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The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Creative team

Directed by: John Ford
Written by: James Edward Grant
Edmund Beloin
Produced by: John Ford

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