Donovan's Reef

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Donovan’s Reef (DVD)
Acclaimed director John Ford and screen legend John Wayne team up for wh at would be their final collaboration in this boisterous, ro wdy South S eas escapade. The Duke, Lee Marvin and Jack Warden play World War II na vy buddies who have made the French Polynesian is land of Haleakaloha th eir post-war paradise. Local headquarters is Donovan’s Reef, Wayne’s ro ugh-and-tumble watering hole where bra gging, brawling, and full-blown m isbehavior are the order of the day. But destined to create more turmoil than any barroom fisticuf fs is the sudden arrival of Elizabeth Allen, a straight-laced Boston blue blood. She’s hoping to locate her long-est ranged father ( Warden), affirm that he is “not of good moral character, ” and then assume control of the family’s shipping dynasty back home in the States. Suave, debonair Cesar Romero and a sarong-clad Dorothy Lamo ur add to the laughs – and mayhem – in this tropical comedy trea t. ]]>