United States, War, 94 min
Original Title: Until They Sail
Countries: United States
Styles: War
Duration (min): 94
Directors: Robert Wise
Screenwriters:
Actors: Adam Kennedy, Alan Napier, Charles Drake, Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, John Wilder, Mickey Shaughnessy, Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, Ralph Votrian, Sandra Dee, Tige Andrews, Wally Cassell
Synopsis: Four sisters in New Zealand fall for Allied sailors en route to World War II. FULL SYNOPSIS: In a courtroom in Wellington, New Zealand, Barbara Leslie listens to testimony about her sister Delia and remembers the events that led to the trial: The Leslie sisters, Barbara, Anne and their impetuous younger siblings Evelyn and Delia, live in Christchurch, where most of the townsmen are preparing to leave for World War II duty, including their brother Kit and Barbara's new husband, Mark Forbes. With their mother deceased and their father lost to the war, the sisters console themselves by plotting their loved ones war locations on a world map in their living room. One evening, Delia gleefully announces her engagement to one of Christchurch's few remaining bachelors, Shiner Phil Friskett, but news of Kit's death quickly dampens her mood. Later, prim spinster Anne expresses her disapproval of the marriage, but Barbara defends Delia's happiness.