South Sea Woman

South Sea Woman is a 1953 actioncomedydrama film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo and Chuck Connors. It is credited as being based on the play General Court Martial by William M. Rankin with the working title being Sulu Sea.

U.S. Marine Master Gunnery Sergeant James OHearn Burt Lancaster is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion, theft, scandalous conduct and destruction of property in time of war. He refuses to testify or plead guilty or not guilty to the charges. The film alternates between flashbacks and the courtroom, as witnesses give their testimony.Showgirl Ginger Martin Virginia Mayo takes the stand against his protest. Ginger tells how she, broke and stranded, met OHearn and his friend, Marine Private First Class Davy White Chuck Connors, in Shanghai two weeks before the attack on Pearl Harbor. With war looming, their Marine regiment is ordered home. White slips away to propose marriage so that Ginger can be evacuated from China at government expense as his wife. OHearn tracks him down at the nightclub where Ginger works. When the clubs manager objects to Ginger quitting, a brawl breaks out. The trio escape aboard a small motor boat. ........

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