Ted king, aided by jack janiero, is in charge of a company owned by peter merriman, reputed playboy, which he inherited from his father. Sein filmdebut absolvierte er 1951 in dem australischen kurzfilm inland with sturt. It has queensland on its west side and the islands of vanuatu and new caledonia on its east. He discovers the murder is connected to a people smuggling ring and involves one of his men, yusep. Chips rafferty in king of the coral sea 1954 king of the coral sea 1954. The title, poster art, and coming attractions trailer are misleading. The preparation for the battle of the coral sea is the basis of this wartime drama.
Rod taylor plays jack janiero an american in his first role in a fulllength feature film. Merriman decides to have a look at the company which is getting shells and pearls from the oceans bottom. The film also includes footage of the aircraft carriers uss yorktown, uss saratoga, uss enterprise and other warships, and shots of a japanese cruiser possibly chickuma or mikuma on fire after. A respectable actionadventure, king of the coral sea was one of only two narrative features made in australia in 1954, and the second collaboration of producerdirector lee robinson and actorproducer chips rafferty. Ted king, aided by jack janiero, is in charge of a company owned by peter merriman, reputed.
British navyapproved aqualung, and a fight full of rod taylor haymakers. It would not take long for hollywood to notice the young, brilliant. Part of this additional footage is available as a bonus feature on the universal pictures home entertainment dvd of midway. The tv version was 33 minutes longer than the theatrical film. Shields accompanies in an improvisational manner on guitar. King of the coral sea 1954 the movie database tmdb. King of the coral sea 1954 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The coral sea is a mairginal sea o the sooth paceefic off the northeast coast o australie, an clessifeed as an interim australian bioregion.
Before chugging very far in that direction, the submarine is spotted and captured by the japanese. Cast and crew credits for king of the coral sea, 1953, directed by lee robinson, with chips rafferty, charles tingwell, ilma adey, at turner classic movies. To play the downloadable video, you need quicktime 7. Our hero lives and works on thursday island, center of. Our hero lives and works on thursday island, center of australias pearling industry. If you read through the comments on amazon, even the collectors edition still omits the coral sea sequences. The battle of the coral sea was the first time since the japanese attack on pearl harbor that the enemys seemingly relentless advance into the pacific was checked. King of the coral sea the complete rod taylor site. Navy aircraft carrier uss coral sea cva43 at sea in 1955 during a deployment to the mediterranean sea between march and september 1955. Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in the buccaneer 1958, the war battle of the coral sea 1959 with cliff robertson and the road to hong kong 1962 with bing crosby. Curators notes king of the coral sea 1954 on aso australias. Mcdonnell f2h2 banshee fighters of fighter squadron vf172 blue bolts painted dark blue, f2h3 banshees of vf171 aces on the catapults painted light greywhite, and two. In 2008 smith released the coral sea as an album with musical accompaniment by kevin shields of my bloody valentine, recorded during two live performances of the duo.
King of the coral sea 1954 clip 1 on aso australias audio and. King coral has 20 books on goodreads with 7 ratings. A world war ii submarine is sent on a reconnaissance mission in the south pacific. King discovers a body out in the ocean and brings it. Rafferty plays ted king, a pearler who lives on thursday island, the center of australias pearling industry. With chips rafferty, charles bud tingwell, ilma adey, rod taylor. Footage of the battle of coral sea includes shots of the aircraft carrier uss lexington cv2 on fire and sinking after being hit by japanese bombs. The working title of king of the arafura was dropped in favour of the better known reference to the coral sea, though the arafura is the sea referenced in the film. Director lee robinson had earlier made pearlers, the a short documentary about pearl diving off broome, and was keen to revisit this theme for his second feature film. Popular australian film star chips rafferty heads the cast of king of coral sea. A body is found floating in the torres strait and pearler ted king is asked to investigate. Battle of the coral sea is a 1959 war film directed by paul wendkos. Iwas on the uss coral sea cva43 we were on yankee station in 1969 and 1970 our planes flew combat operations in viet nam.
Hundreds of association members and their families and friends went to sea aboard the ageless warrior. Thanks to the generosity of the rights holders, we are able to offer we found one from the feature film king of the coral sea as a high quality video download. He also appeared in the cornel wilde historical film the scarlet coat 1955. 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.
The film was beautifully shot around the exotic locations of queenslands thursday island and the torres strait, including scenes of the pearling industry at that time. This led to radio work and later his casting in the australian film king of the coral sea 1953. Ted s daughter, rusty ilma adey, welcomes him ashore and his american offsider, jack janiero rod taylor, tells ted that company boss merriman is about to arrive. He is helped by peter merriman, the playboy owner of kings company who romances kings daughter rusty. King of the coral sea gallery the complete rod taylor. The battle is historically significant as the first action in which aircraft carriers engaged each other, as well as the first in which the opposing ships. He performed in radio dramas, notably as tarzan, before winning featured roles in australian films such as king of the coral sea 1953. King of the coral sea 1954 clip 1 on aso australias. Appeared in films like the king and i 1956, battle of the coral sea 1959, the wackiest ship in the army 1960, sea hunt tv series, the twilight zone tv series in the 1961 episode a quality of mercy, hawaiian eye tv series, perry mason tv series, mchales navy tv series and the 1964 film, voyage to the bottom of the sea tv. A documentary maker with the film division of the department of the interior.
Battle of the coral sea 1953 paul wendkos synopsis. His character name, in fact, is king, ted king to be exact. The films were king of the coral sea 1954, walk into paradise 1956, the stowaway 1958, and dust in the sun 1958. The coral sea is a small sea off the north east coast of australia. The great shroud of the sea rolls over the pequod, her crew, and moby dick. King of the coral sea approved 1h 25min adventure, crime 24 june 1956 usa ted king, aided by jack janiero, is in charge of a company owned by peter merriman, reputed playboy, which he inherited from his father. He later played israel hands in a hollywoodfinanced film shot in sydney, long john silver 1954, an unofficial sequel to treasure island. My duties required me to be on the flight deck at all hours of flight quarters and more. For a more detailed synopsis, see the bottom of this sites about the movie section.
Rafferty plays ted king, a pearler who lives on thursday island, the center of. A documentary maker with the film division of the department of the interior, robinson won praise for namatjira the painter 1947 a study of indigenous australian artist. Ted king chips rafferty is questioned by sergeant charlie white charles peverill about the body he found at sea. A respectable actionadventure, king of the coral sea was one of only two narrative. A submarine captained by jeff conway cliff robertson successfully scouts the location of enemy installations, ships, and subs and then starts to head back to friendly waters. Uss coral sea cva 43 mediterranean cruise book 195657. It has a warm climate, it often rains and there are often tropical cyclones.
On the north edge is the solomon islands, and in the south it joins the tasman sea. King of the coral sea nfsa national film and sound archive. Printing is also easily possible because of the high resolution 300dpi and the missing watermarks. In the film, at least three excellent speeches are given to ahab and delivered stoically, some say brilliantly, by gregory peck. The sea was the location for the battle of the coral sea, a major confrontation during world war ii between the navies of the empire of japan. The coral sea is a live recording of two performances by patti smith and kevin shields from 2005 and 2006. The battle of the coral sea, fought from 48 may 1942, was a major naval battle between the imperial japanese navy ijn and naval and air forces from the united states and australia, taking place in the pacific theatre of world war ii. Battle of the coral sea movie trailer and videos tv guide.
King is joined in the hunt by his sidekick jack rod taylor, and by peter merriman. The set consists of smiths homage to the photographer, her friend and former lover robert mapplethorpe, and consists of the text of her epic 1996 poem of the same title. They must scout the positions of japanese war ships prior to a major battle. Moby dick 1956 with gregory peck classic film freak. King of the coral sea 1954 directed by lee robinson.
During coral seas twilight years prior to her decommissioning on 30 april 1990 coral sea association members fell in at the sound of the bosuns pipe on 3 separate occasions, 18 july 1986, 18 july 1987, and 8 april 1989. A nice crisp print of this film on dvd is available from australias national film and sound. King of the coral sea 1954 rod taylor plays jack janiero an american in his first role in a fulllength feature film. Jones full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. The coral sea extends 2,000 kilometres 1,200 mi down the australian northeast coast. Skipper of pearling lugger fishing the coral swa of n. Coral sea simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The coral sea is a book by patti smith, published in 1996. Uss coral sea cva43 association association history.
It was one of the most commercially successful australian films of the 1950s and marked the feature film debut of rod taylor. Navy film tells the story of the first naval forces of. Taylor made his feature film debut in the australian lee robinson film king of the coral sea 1954, playing an american. You will be able to zoom in to better read names etc. Visible are the aircraft of carrier air group 17 cvg17. List of ships with agent orange exposure confirmed salem. This australian production starred everpopular aussie chips rafferty and was a box office success.
King of the coral sea 1953 australian pearl divers encounter deadly smugglers sneaking illegal asian migrants into the mainland. Watch battle of the coral sea movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. The film ends with footage of the battle of the coral sea that according to the film was made possible through the information brought back by the submariners. Coral sea replaced the old engines with new, diesel engines that are both more fuel efficient and produce lower emissions. Robinson and rafferty made out that they were breaking new ground with the subject matter, but they were surely aware that ken hall had used thursday island as the background for his 1937 feature lovers and luggers. British navyapproved aqualung, and a fight full of rod taylor haymakers, and. The title is totally misleading, it has almost nothing to do with the battle of the coral sea the special effects look like they were filmed in the 1920s and not in 1959, and the entire film is dreary, completely unrealistic and boring. Promising much but delivering little, battle of the coral sea 1959 is a lowerbudgeted pastiche of much better movies.
In 1942 submarine commander jeff conway secretly photographs japanese aircraft carriers in the coral sea but his submarine is damaged and hes forced to surrender. Yusep kidnaps rusty but merriman and king rescue her. Submitted by grady pittman i was an ae3 with va104 ad6s during a qual cruise on the coral sea in the caribbean sea in 1956 and a med cruise beginning in august, 1956 and ending in feb. Coral sea was built in santa barbara california in 1974 and was purchased by hsu in 1998. With cliff robertson, gia scala, teru shimada, patricia cutts. Judith adamson, australian film posters 19061960, currency press. When ted king, captain of a pearling lugger discovers a body floating in the torres strait. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up.
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