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During the 1920s, itinerant American beachcomber Mr. Morgan (Gary Cooper) is deposited in the village of Matareva on the island of Upolu, Samoa in the South Pacific. When he decides to stay he is confronted by Pastor Cobbett (Barry Jones), who lost both his father and his wife as a young missionary on the island. Cobbett rules Matareva as a Puritanical despot, using local bullies as "wardens" to enforce his rules. "Morgan Tane" stays on Matareva by winning the support of the natives after he defeats the wardens with the aid of an empty shotgun. Morgan has an illegitimate child, Turia (Moira Walker), by island girl Maeva (Roberta Haynes). After Maeva's death in childbirth, the distraught Morgan departs the island, leaving Turia behind with her grandmother.・・・・・・・・

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Gary Cooper as Mr. Morgan ゲイリー・クーパー
Barry Jones as Pastor Thomas Cobbett　バリー・ジョーンズ
Roberta Haynes as Maeva　ロバータ・ヘインズ
Moira MacDonald as Turia　モリア・マクドナルド
John Hudson as Capt. Harry Faber　ジョン・ハドソン
Le Mamea Matatumua Ata as Tonga
Hans Kruse as Rori, age 21　ハンズ・クルーゼ
Terry Dunleavy as Mac　テリー・ダンリービー

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1953年「楽園へ帰る」。
ゲイリー・クーパー主演。

クーパーは孤島に上陸したアメリカ人。
その島の女性に恋に落ち、娘ができるが、彼女は亡くなり、娘を残し島を去る・・・・・
といった話だ。

クーパー出演作だが、別に有名じゃない。
実際島までいって撮影はしたらしいが。

美談にしているが、子供を島にして自分は逃げるとか無責任。
再会するが、自分のような恋をさせたくないって、そうかもしれんが、お前が言うなよと。