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''Father Goose'' is a 1964 American romantic comedy film set in World War II, starring Cary Grant, Leslie Caron and Trevor Howard.〔HOLLYWOOD 'FATHER GOOSE' SAGA: CARY GRANT FINDS ROLE OF DERELICT IS FUN AND CHALLENGING By MURRAY SCHUMACHHOLLYWOOD.. New York Times (1923-Current file) (York, N.Y ) 17 May 1964: X9.〕 The title derives from "Mother Goose", the codename assigned to Grant's character. The film won an Academy Award for its screenplay. The film introduced the song "Pass Me By" by Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh, later recorded by Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra and others. ==Plot== While the Royal Australian Navy evacuates Salamaua in February 1942〔Established by the mention of the surrender of Singapore〕 ahead of a Japanese invasion, Commander Frank Houghton (Trevor Howard) coerces old friend, American beachcomber Walter Eckland (Cary Grant), into becoming a coast-watcher for the Allies. Houghton takes Eckland, who is uninterested in anything other than fishing and drinking, to deserted Matalava Island to watch for Japanese planes. Houghton rewards Eckland's sightings with directions to one of the whisky bottles hidden around the island, once coast-watchers on other islands confirm it. To ensure Eckland remains on duty on Matalava, Houghton's naval vessel "accidentally" hits Eckland's boat, leaving a large hole in its hull. Houghton finds a replacement watcher, but Eckland has to retrieve him from nearby Bundy Island. He unexpectedly finds Frenchwoman Catherine Freneau (Leslie Caron) and seven young schoolgirls under her care stranded there. She informs him that the man he came for was killed in an air raid, and Eckland reluctantly takes them back to Matalava with him. There is no way to evacuate them safely. At first, Houghton promises them a parachute drop with more supplies, but there is too much enemy activity in the area to accomplish it safely. The fastidious Freneau and the slovenly and uncouth Eckland's personalities clash; they call each other "Miss Goody Two Shoes" and "a rude, foul-mouthed, drunken, filthy beast". He adjusts to her and her girls, however, and cares for her through what they mistakenly believe is a deadly snakebite. Freneau learns that Eckland had been a history professor before he fled civilization to the South Pacific. The "frustrated spinster" and the "undisciplined, self-indulgent escapist" fall in love and arrange to be married by a military chaplain over the radio. Strafing by a Japanese airplane interrupts the ceremony. Since they have been detected, Houghton sends an American submarine to pick them up, but an enemy patrol boat shows up at the same time. While leaving Catherine and the schoolgirls with his motoryacht's dingy to make their way to the submarine, Eckland takes his boat out to lure the Japanese vessel out beyond a reef so the submarine can torpedo it. His boat is sunk by the Japanese, but Eckland survives, the American submarine sinks the Japanese vessel and the submarine safely evacuates everyone. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Father Goose (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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