Until They Sail (DVD)

The men of New Zealand march off to war, leaving behind cities and villages filled with women and loneliness. In time, new men come ashore: U.S. Marines facing uncertain futures in Pacific battles yet to come. And new loves - tender or tragic, transitory or lasting - begin to flower. A constellation of actresses shines in a bittersweet James A. Michener story of sisters (Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Piper Laurie and Sandra Dee) embracing love in a time of war, but it's the sensitive romance between a war widow (Simmons) and a jaded captain (Paul Newman, establishing his credentials as a screen heartthrob) that forms the tale's poignant heart. Under the sensitive direction of Robert Wise (who directed Newman the year before in his breakthrough Somebody Up There Likes Me), the memories of a lifetime are formed Until They Sail.

Starring: Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, Charles Drake, Tige Andrews, Adam Kennedy, Mickey Shaughnessy, Patrick Macnee, Ben Wright, Sandra Dee, Wally Cassell, Alan Napier, Ralph Votrian, John Wilder, Kendrick Huxham, James Todd, David Thursby, Molly Glessing, Jack Mann, Alex Frazer, John Dennis, George Pelling, Owen McGiveney, Dean Jones, Robert Keys, Ann Wakefield, Rush Williams, Lee Rhodes, James Douglas, Alma Lauton, Dee Humphrey, Jacqueline Terry, June Mitchell, Dorris Riter, Pamela Light, Phyllis Douglas, Jennifer Raine, Nicky Blair, Morgan Jones, Pat Waltz, William Boyett, Jimmy Hayes, Jay Douglas, Pat Colby, Dan Eitner, Tom Mayton, Roger McGee, John Rosser, Jim Cox, Vesey O'Davoren, Pat O'Hara, Stanley Fraser, Hilda Plowright

Director: Charles Schnee