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{{short description|1963 film by Philip Leacock}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2014}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Tamahine
| image = Tamahine 1963 poster.jpg
| caption = 1963 theatrical poster
| director = [[Philip Leacock]]
| producer = [[John Bryan (art director)|John Bryan]]
| writer = [[Denis Cannan]]
| narrator =
| starring = Nancy Kwan<BR>John Fraser<BR>Dennis Price
| music = [[Malcolm Arnold]]
| cinematography = [[Geoffrey Unsworth]]
| editing = [[Peter Tanner]]
| studio = [[Associated British Picture Corporation]] & [[Seven Arts Productions|Seven Arts]]
| distributor = [[Associated British Picture Corporation|Warner-Pathé Distributors]] (UK)<br>[[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] (U.S.)
| released = {{Film date|1963|07|18|London|df=y}}
| runtime = 96 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Tamahine''''' is a 1963 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Philip Leacock]] and starring [[Nancy Kwan]], [[Dennis Price]] and [[John Fraser (actor)|John Fraser]]. It is a film about a Polynesian woman who believes she can change the culture of Hallow School, a British boys' boarding school. The story was filmed at [[Wellington College, Berkshire|Wellington College]] in county Berkshire.

The film had its World Premiere on 18 July 1963 at the [[Empire, Leicester Square]] in London's West End.<ref>The Times, 18 July 1963, Page 2</ref>

==Plot==
When her father dies, orphan teenager Tamahine is sent from her South Pacific island home to live with Charles Poole, her father's cousin and the headmaster of Hallow, a prestigious all-male school in England. Richard, Charles' son and school student, falls in love with her, but she considers him [[Tapu (Polynesian culture)|tabu]] because of the closeness of their family relationship. Another suitor is the art master, Clove, after he breaks up with Charles' daughter Diana.

Meanwhile, Tamahine has trouble adjusting to the puzzling social mores of her new home, exasperating Charles, but making him start to question his own joyless existence. In the end, Richard convinces Tamahine that their connection is distant enough that marrying him does not violate English tabus, while Clove resigns to go paint in a foreign land, accompanied by Diana. The film leaps ahead several years, showing a scruffily bearded Charles enjoying life on Tamahine's island, while Richard takes his place as headmaster, watched by Tamahine and their children.

==Theme==
For comparison, [[A French Mistress]], three years earlier, (1960), used the same theme of a visiting foreign teacher at a British school causing a cultural clash.

==Cast==
* [[Nancy Kwan]] as Tamahine
* [[John Fraser (actor)|John Fraser]] as Richard Poole
* [[Dennis Price]] as Charles Poole
* [[Coral Browne]] as Mme. Becque, a former lover of Tamahine's father whom Tamahine visits on her way to England
* [[Dick Bentley]] as Storekeeper
* [[Derek Nimmo]] as Clove
* [[Justine Lord]] as Diana
* [[James Fox]] as Oliver, a schoolmate of Charles
* [[Michael Gough]] as Cartwright
* [[Allan Cuthbertson]] as Housemaster
* [[Howard Marion-Crawford]] as Housemaster
* [[William Mervyn]] as Lord Birchester
* [[Robin Stewart]] as Fiend
* Bee Duffell as Nun

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0058636}}
{{Philip Leacock}}

[[Category:1963 films]]
[[Category:1963 romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:British romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Films about orphans]]
[[Category:Films set in schools]]
[[Category:Films scored by Malcolm Arnold]]
[[Category:Films directed by Philip Leacock]]
[[Category:1960s English-language films]]
[[Category:1960s British films]]
[[Category:CinemaScope films]]

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