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Shirley MacLaine | ... |
Anna Vorontosov
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Laurence Harvey | ... |
Paul Lathrope
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Jack Hawkins | ... |
William W.J. Abercrombie
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Nobu McCarthy | ... |
Whareparita
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Ronald Long | ... |
Headmaster Reardon
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Norah Howard | ... |
Mrs. Cutter
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Juano Hernandez | ... |
Chief Rauhuia
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Kingi Ihaka | ... |
Reverend Tangaroa
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Malasia Kentner | ... |
Maori Housewife
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Leslie Denison | ... |
Bit Role (uncredited)
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Alan Roberts | ... |
Seven (uncredited)
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Lisa Sitjar | ... |
Hinewaka (uncredited)
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Edmund Vargas | ... |
Matawhero (uncredited)
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Neil Woodward | ... |
Mark Cutter (uncredited)
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Directed by
Charles Walters |
Written by
Ben Maddow | ... | (screenplay) |
Sylvia Ashton-Warner | ... | (novel "Spinster") |
Produced by
Julian Blaustein | ... | producer |
Music by
Bronislau Kaper |
Cinematography by
Joseph Ruttenberg | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Fredric Steinkamp |
Editorial Department
Charles K. Hagedon | ... | color consultant |
William McMillin | ... | assistant editor (uncredited) |
Casting By
Leonard Murphy | ... | (uncredited) |
Art Direction by
George W. Davis | ||
Urie McCleary |
Set Decoration by
Henry Grace | ||
Hugh Hunt |
Costume Design by
Helen Rose | ... | (uncredited) |
Makeup Department
Mary Keats | ... | hair stylist |
William Tuttle | ... | makeup artist |
Alma Johnson | ... | hairdresser (uncredited) |
Charles H. Schram | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Production Management
Dave Friedman | ... | unit manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William Shanks | ... | assistant director |
Ronald Florance | ... | second assistant director (uncredited) |
Carl 'Major' Roup | ... | second assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Geoffrey Davis | ... | second prop man (uncredited) |
Harry Lazzarre | ... | prop man (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Franklin Milton | ... | recording supervisor |
Jerry Jost | ... | boom operator (uncredited) |
Conrad Kahn | ... | sound mixer (uncredited) |
Ted C. Mann | ... | recordist (uncredited) |
Carl Riggen | ... | recordist (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Robert R. Hoag | ... | special effects |
Lee LeBlanc | ... | special effects |
Camera and Electrical Department
Virgil Apger | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Howard Bradner | ... | grip (uncredited) |
George Hollister | ... | camera assistant (uncredited) |
William Norton | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Lloyd Peters | ... | best boy (uncredited) |
Wes Shanks | ... | gaffer (uncredited) |
Tom Smith | ... | best boy (uncredited) |
Waldeman 'Bill' Zimmerman | ... | generator operator (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Evelyn Rickart | ... | wardrobe woman (uncredited) |
Richard Staub | ... | wardrobe: men (uncredited) |
Music Department
Robert Armbruster | ... | conductor |
Alex Alexander | ... | musician: cello (uncredited) |
Robert Franklyn | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Virginia Majewski | ... | musician: viola (uncredited) |
Max Rabinowitz | ... | musician: piano (uncredited) |
Uan Rasey | ... | musician: trumpet (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Cleo Anton | ... | script supervisor (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Mary Mayer | ... | publicist (uncredited) |
Walter Whittlesey | ... | craft service (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1961) (United States) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1961) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1961) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1962) (France) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1962) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Metro (1962) (Norway) (theatrical)
- National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1966) (United States) (tv) (original airing) (pan/scan)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Panavision (photographic lenses)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
American Anna Vorontosov teaches in a rural school on New Zealand's North Island. Her class of younger students is comprised largely of Maoris. She feels that western methods are not the most appropriate in teaching her students, for who concepts such as "see Jane run" have no cultural context. She wants her students to "feel", from love to pain to joy, and as such her classes are outwardly disorganized and chaotic. Her livelihood is potentially threatened with the arrival of a new senior inspector of primary schools, a Brit name William Abercrombie. To make her classes seem more organized to Abercrombie, Anna enlists the help of one of the older students, fifteen year old Maori, Whareparita. Anna's students, including Whareparita, see her as their guardian angel. Anna's burgeoning friendship with Whareparita may show her that although she has her students' best interests at heart, she may also not fully understand the culture within which she now lives. Teaching is her life, which leaves no time for men, sex about which she has repressive views. These views affect her relationship with two very different men who fall in love with her. The first is fellow teacher, Paul Lathrope, a brash Brit. He is a lost soul with self-destructive tendencies. The second is married Abercrombie himself, whose marriage is albeit unsatisfying and long-distance. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | So busy with her children...SHE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GET MARRIED! See more » |
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Trivia | Shirley MacLaine chose to do this film instead of Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), something she was known to have regretted later. She did state though that the film wouldn't have been the same without Audrey Hepburn. See more » |