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Return to Paradise

An American drifter comes to a remote Polynesian island controlled by a Puritanical missionary and turns the social life of the island upside-down.

Director

Mark Robson

Year

Genre

adventure, drama, romance

Box Office

N/A

Production

Aspen Productions

Awards

N/A

Mr. Morgan

Pastor Corbett

Maeva

Turia

Captain Harry Faber

Tonga

Mamea Matatumua

Rori at age 21

Mac

Russ

Cutler

Kura

Mrs. Talbot

Hank Elliott

Will Talbot

Povana

Henrietta Godinet

Tomare

Kim Ling

Maeva's Aunt

Hawkins

George Miedeske

Nalani

Timothy A. Miguel

Mrs. Elliott

Kathleen Newick

Interpreter

Rori at age 9

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You know it is a sin to stay out after 9 o'clock Were you alone - Return to Paradise

You know it is a sin to stay out after 9 o'clock Were...

I'm not asking for the keys of the city - Return to Paradise

I'm not asking for the keys of the city

OK. Now beat it,
before I get mad. - Return to Paradise

OK. Now beat it, before I get mad.

Mr. Cobbett says you stop.
Come to church on Sabbath. - Return to Paradise

Mr. Cobbett says you stop. Come to church on Sabbath.

Mr. Morgan! - Return to Paradise

Now, sir, you'll learn
to respect our rules. - Return to Paradise

Now, sir, you'll learn to respect our rules.

Who are you? - Return to Paradise

Curfew! - Return to Paradise

Morgan tane. - Return to Paradise

Morgan tane, Morgan tane. - Return to Paradise

Morgan tane, Morgan tane.

When did this happen? - Return to Paradise

When did this happen?

Quite a shiner you've got there. - Return to Paradise

Quite a shiner you've got there.

OK, Maeva,
which one was it? - Return to Paradise

OK, Maeva, which one was it?

Who's next? - Return to Paradise

But my mother was stubborn.
She was not easily put off. - Return to Paradise

But my mother was stubborn. She was not easily put off.

Hello. When did you get here? - Return to Paradise

Hello. When did you get here?

Please. Not till after dark. - Return to Paradise

Please. Not till after dark.

Stop! Everybody to your homes! - Return to Paradise

Stop! Everybody to your homes!

Wardens! Wardens! - Return to Paradise

Wardens! Wardens!

The wardens were sent
into exile for good. - Return to Paradise

The wardens were sent into exile for good.

To Mr. Cobbett's astonishment, our
island didn't sink beneath the waves. - Return to Paradise

To Mr. Cobbett's astonishment, our island didn't s...

You're sinning! - Return to Paradise

You're sinning!

Must've been that
three-cornered bat. - Return to Paradise

Must've been that three-cornered bat.

It was hard for Mr. Cobbett to
believe. Here we were, at Church. - Return to Paradise

It was hard for Mr. Cobbett to believe. Here we were, at Chu...

Looks like a pretty big job.
What do you think, kid? - Return to Paradise

Looks like a pretty big job. What do you think, kid?

Your aunt is going to Rorotonga
when the schooner comes. - Return to Paradise

Your aunt is going to Rorotonga when the schooner comes.

Want to go blind,
sewing in this light? - Return to Paradise

Want to go blind, sewing in this light?

Not bad looking, is she? - Return to Paradise

Not bad looking, is she?

The tide's going out
I'd better get started. - Return to Paradise

The tide's going out I'd better get started.

Maeva, go back! - Return to Paradise

Maeva, go back!

How is Maeva? - Return to Paradise

Morgan tane, I was dreaming
you had gone away. - Return to Paradise

Morgan tane, I was dreaming you had gone away.

What do you want? - Return to Paradise

What do you want?

Morgan tane. - Return to Paradise

Darling... - Return to Paradise

Morgan tane! - Return to Paradise

Maeva... - Return to Paradise

Take care of her, Povana.
I am going away. - Return to Paradise

Take care of her, Povana. I am going away.

What do you want? - Return to Paradise

What do you want?

And so, Mr. Morgan vanished
from our lives... - Return to Paradise

And so, Mr. Morgan vanished from our lives...

Hello, Mr. Morgan. - Return to Paradise

Hello, Mr. Morgan.

Hello, Morgan!
This is a pleasant surprise. - Return to Paradise

Hello, Morgan! This is a pleasant surprise.

You better go in,
it's getting late. - Return to Paradise

You better go in, it's getting late.

Morning, Lama. You will have
to work without me today. - Return to Paradise

Morning, Lama. You will have to work without me today.

The sun is high, and your inside
is empty. Come, Mr. Morgan. - Return to Paradise

The sun is high, and your inside is empty. Come, Mr. Morgan.

I talked to Cobbett this morning. - Return to Paradise

I talked to Cobbett this morning.

457. 457.
Everything's ready. - Return to Paradise

457. 457. Everything's ready.

I'm just a truck driver with wings and a colossal ignorance of strategy - Return to Paradise

I'm just a truck driver with wings and a colossal...

If I know Faber he'll be making a three point landing by midnight - Return to Paradise

If I know Faber he'll be making a three point landing...

Goodnight, Harry, dear. - Return to Paradise

Goodnight, Harry, dear.

Please Turia, listen. - Return to Paradise

Please Turia, listen.

Of course you can You know Morgan I've often wondered - Return to Paradise

Of course you can You know Morgan I've often wondered

This is the hour... - Return to Paradise

This is the hour...

If you return to the war... - Return to Paradise

If you return to the war...

Turia. - Return to Paradise

I think he would like
to say goodbye. - Return to Paradise

I think he would like to say goodbye.

Return to Paradise poster

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An American drifter comes to a remote Polynesian island controlled by a Puritanical missionary and turns the social life of the island upside-down.

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Director: Mark Robson

Writer: James A. Michener, Charles Kaufman

Production: Aspen Productions

Genre: adventure, drama, romance

Year: 1953

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.0

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 10 Jul 1953

Awards: N/A

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