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Father Goose (1964)
In director Ralph Nelson's romantic adventure comedy
(Cary Grant's second-to-last film) - a comedy of the sexes between
a boozy, slovenly and unkempt sailor and a prim and proper schoolmarm:
- the character (against-type) of scruffy, whisky-swigging,
unshaven sailor and beachcomber Walter Eckland (Cary Grant - in
the only film in which he was unshaven throughout the entire story)
on an isolated South Pacific island (Matalava Island) during WWII,
serving as a 'volunteer' Allied coast watcher and plane spotter
(code-named "Father Goose") for the Royal Navy and Commander
Frank Houghton (aka "Big Bad Wolf") (Trevor Howard)
Walter Eckland with Schoolteacher Miss Freneau
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To Her: "a frustrated spinster who can't
find a husband"
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To Him: "an undisciplined, self-indulgent
escapist"
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- the comedic situations in which Walter was beset
by French teacher Miss Catherine Freneau (Leslie Caron) and seven
female schoolgirls, who were stranded on the island with him -
she called him a "rude, foul-mouthed, drunken filthy beast",
and "an undisciplined, self-indulgent escapist" while
he called her "Miss Goody-Two-Shoes" and "a frustrated
spinster who can't find a husband"
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Eckland's Radio Contact with Comm. Frank Houghton (Trevor
Howard)
Eckland with Seven Schoolgirls
The Appearance of a Japanese Enemy Patrol Boat
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