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Issue Details: First known date: 1953... 1953 King of the Coral Sea
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Film Details - Southern Films International , 1953

Producers:

Chips Rafferty.

Production Companies:

Southern Films International.

Director of Photography:

Ross Wood.

Editors:

Alex Ezard.

Composer:

Wilbur Sampson.

Cast:

Incl. Chips Rafferty (Ted King), Charles 'Bud' Tingwell (Peter Merriman), Ilma Adey (Rusty King), Rod Taylor (Jack Janiero), Lloyd Berrell (Yusep), Reg Lye (Grundy), Charles Peverill, and Frances Chin Soon (Serena), with Jack Assam, Salapata Sagigi, and Charlie Juda.

Release Dates:

Premiered in Melbourne (Australia) on 12 August 1953. Released in the USA on 24 June 1956.

Location:

  • Filmed on location in the Great Barrier Reef and on Thursday Island (Queensland, Australia).
Subjects:
  • ca. 1950s
Settings:
  • Coral Sea, South Pacific, Pacific Region,
  • Thursday Island, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland,
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