King of the Coral Sea

King of the Coral Sea is a 1954 film starring Chips Rafferty and Charles Tingwell, directed by Lee Robinson and shot on location in Thursday Island. It was one of the most commercially successful Australian films of the 1950s and marked the feature film debut of Rod Taylor.

Lee Robinson had previously made a documentary on the pearling industry, The Pearlers 1949. All Australian slang was removed from the script to ensure it would not be confusing for international audiences. The shoot took place from June to October.The supporting cast included Rod Taylor in his feature film debut. Taylor plays an American who elected to stay on in Australia after World War II, a character Lee Robinson created with the aim of making the film more appealing to the international market. Taylor, Robinson, Rafferty, Charles Tingwell and Lloyd Berrell all knew each other from working in Sydney radio. ........

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