HAWAII

 

Julie Andrews, Max von Syndow, Richard Harris,

Gene Hackman, Carroll OÕConnor

MGM/UA; Directed by George Roy Hill

Not Rated; 189 minutes; 1966

 

Abner Hale, a rigid and humorless New England missionary, marries the beautiful Jerusha Bromley and takes her to the exotic island kingdom of Hawaii, intent on converting the natives. But the clash between the two cultures is too great and instead of understanding there comes tragedy.