Released:
1961-05-24

Overview:
American-born Anna Vorontosov teaches school in a remote, primitive section of northern New Zealand. Her experimental teaching methods have won her the love and affection of her pupils and their parents and the admiration of the unhappily married school inspector, Abercrombie. Her personal life, however, is less secure; frightened of love and sexually inhibited, she has always been aloof with men. Eager to break down this barrier is Englishman Paul Lathrope, a somewhat irrational and immature fellow teacher who aspires to be a singer. Though Anna is attracted to him, she refuses to submit to his advances.

Director:
Charles Walters

Runtime:
1h 36min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Shirley MacLaine
  as
  Anna Vorontosov
• 
  Laurence Harvey
  as
  Paul Lathrope
• 
  Jack Hawkins
  as
  William W.J. Abercrombie
• 
  Nobu McCarthy
  as
  Whareparita
• 
  Ronald Long
  as
  Headmaster Reardon