Het verhaal speelt zich af tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog op een door de Amerikanen bezet tropisch eiland. Een Franse plantage-eigenaar (Brazzi) en een sprankelende marine-zuster (Gaynor) worden op elkaar verliefd. Maar de oorlog is voor hen helaas nooit ver weg.
Nee, helaas is South Pacific nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Joshua Logan | Director |
| Writing | Paul Osborn | Screenplay |
| Writing | James Michener | Novel |
| Writing | Richard Rodgers | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Oscar Hammerstein II | Theatre Play |
| Art | Paul S. Fox | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dorothy Jeakins | Costume Design |
| Editing | Robert L. Simpson | Editor |
| Art | Walter M. Scott | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Alfred Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Leon Shamroy | Director of Photography |
| Art | John DeCuir | Art Direction |
| Art | Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
| Production | George P. Skouras | Executive Producer |
| Production | Buddy Adler | Producer |
| Sound | Richard Rodgers | Songs |
| Writing | Oscar Hammerstein II | Lyricist |
| Sound | Ken Darby | Other |
| Sound | Richard Rodgers | Music |
| Sound | Pete King | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Alfred Newman | Music Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Fred Hynes | Recording Supervision |
| Crew | William Reynolds | Production Office Assistant |
| Sound | Alfred Newman | Conductor |
| Sound | Bernard Mayers | Orchestrator |
| Crew | LeRoy Prinz | Choreographer |
| Sound | Robert Mayer | Music Editor |
| Editing | Leonard Doss | Color Timer |
| Sound | Edward B. Powell | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Murray Spivack | Other |
| Sound | Robert Russell Bennett | Orchestrator |
| Directing | Ben Kadish | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Joshua Logan | Theatre Play |
| Crew | L.B. Abbott | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helen Turpin | Hairstylist |
| Sound | George Adams | Music Editor |
| Camera | Schuyler A. Sanford | Other |
| Sound | Joseph I. Kane | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Frances C. Richardson | Researcher |
| Lighting | Fred Hall | Gaffer |
| Sound | John W. Rixey | Sound Assistant |
| Camera | Gaston Longet | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Arthur Gerstle | Assistant Camera |
