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All the Brothers Were Valiant ()


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In the South Pacific islands, two brothers, one good and one bad, fight over the same girl and over a bag of pearls.

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Joel Shore
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Mark Shore
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Priscilla Holt
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Native Girl
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Silva
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Fetcher
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Quint
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Capt. Holt
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Asa Worthen
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James Finch
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Dick Morrell
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Carter
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Cook
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Aaron Burnham
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Peter How
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Varde
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Smith
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Stevenson (as Frank deKova)
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Jones
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Matthew Shore's Father (uncredited)
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Fighter in Mutiny (uncredited)
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Noah Shore (uncredited)
Frankie Crane ...
Native Crewman (uncredited)
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Second Mate (uncredited)
James Davis ...
Native Crewman (uncredited)
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George (uncredited)
Wesley Gale ...
Native (uncredited)
Harry Hines ...
The Bartender (uncredited)
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Sam (uncredited)
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Old Man at Bar (uncredited)
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John Shore (uncredited)
Vesey O'Davoren ...
The Minister (uncredited)
Alexander Pope ...
Fat Man (uncredited)
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(uncredited)
Morgan Roberts ...
Black Sailor (uncredited)
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Chanty Man (uncredited)

Directed by

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Richard Thorpe

Written by

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Harry Brown ... (screen play)
 
Ben Ames Williams ... (novel)

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Pandro S. Berman ... producer

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Miklós Rózsa ... (as Miklos Rozsa)

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George J. Folsey ... director of photography (as George Folsey)

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Ferris Webster

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Henri Jaffa ... color consultant: Technicolor

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Randall Duell
Cedric Gibbons

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Hugh Hunt
Edwin B. Willis

Costume Design by

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Walter Plunkett

Makeup Department

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Sydney Guilaroff ... hair stylist
John Truwe ... makeup artist
William Tuttle ... makeup designer

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Al Jennings ... assistant director
John Waters ... second unit director (uncredited)

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Mentor Huebner ... production illustrator (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Douglas Shearer ... recording supervisor

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A. Arnold Gillespie ... special effects
Warren Newcombe ... special effects

Stunts

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George Barrows ... stunts (uncredited)
Bob Morgan ... stunts (uncredited)
Tom Steele ... stunts (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel ... stunt double: Robert Taylor (uncredited)

Music Department

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Eugene Zador ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

Sea-faring saga of two brothers (Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger) and the woman they both love. Set against South Pacific islands, this love triangle pits the good brother against the bad as they squabble over Ann Blyth and a bag of pearls on the floor of a lagoon; the bad boy redeems himself, however, by helping fend off a mutiny. Written by Ed Lorusso

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Taglines MGM's Great Technicolor Romance! See more »
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Also Known As
  • La Perle noire (France)
  • Tots els germans eren valents (Spain, Catalan title)
  • Todos los hermanos eran valientes (Spain)
  • Farornas hav (Sweden)
  • De zwarte parel (Belgium, Flemish title)
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  • 95 min
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Budget $1,816,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Final film of Lewis Stone (Capt. Holt), who died in September 1953, two months before the film was theatrically released. See more »
Goofs Women aboard ship were considered bad luck all through the sailing ship days. The superstition even extended part way into the modern era. Crews were known to resist sailing on ship that was to have a woman aboard. See more »
Movie Connections Remake of Across to Singapore (1928). See more »

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