Donovan's Reef (1963)
Shot in Hawaii this is the last collaboration between director John Ford and star John Wayne that also features Elizabeth Allen and Lee Marvin. On a Polynesian island an estranged daughter wants to cheat the father she has never met out of his shares in his shipping company while John Wayne looks out for him.
As with any film from John Ford it is well made but maybe one of the lighter entries into his cannon that was more an excuse to take his friends for 8 weeks filming in Hawaii. There is an undertone of anti racism in this film which forms the core of the plot but is not really explored in enough depth in my opinion compared to Ford's earlier film The Searchers (1956) to really add a serious under belly to the film. With few surprises along the way this is a watchable film that seems to be most interested in having some fun in the sun above anything else.
3/5
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