Pacific Destiny

Pacific Destiny
British theatrical poster
Directed byWolf Rilla
Written byRichard Mason (screenplay)
Jack Lee (adaptation)
Based onbook A Pattern of Islands by Sir Arthur Grimble
Produced byJames Lawrie
StarringDenholm Elliott
Susan Stephen
CinematographyMartin Curtis
Edited byJohn Trumper
Music byJames Bernard
Production
companies
Lawrie Productions Limited
British Lion Films Limited (in association with)
Shepperton Studios, England
Distributed byA British Lion Release (UK)
Release dates
  • 5 June 1956 (1956-06-05) (London, England)
Running time
96 mins
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Pacific Destiny is a 1956 British drama film directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Denholm Elliott, Susan Stephen and Michael Hordern. It was written by Richard Mason and Jack Lee based on the 1952 memoir A Pattern of Islands by Sir Arthur Grimble recounting his time in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands as a cadet officer and Resident Commissioner in the 1920s.

The screenplay concerns a young British couple who win the respect of the inhabitants of a South Pacific island during the colonial era.

Film credits show Samoa as the filming location.