In which film did Cary Grant play a war-time coast watcher called 'Walter Eckland'?
Cary Grant writes: "It's the film's canny flirtatiousness that makes it such ingenious entertainment. Grant and Hepburn play off each other like the pros that they are". The film, well received by the critics, is often called "the best Hitchcock film Hitchcock never made". In 1964, Grant changed from his typically suave, distinguished screen persona to play a grizzled beachcomber Walter Eckland who is hired by a Commander (Trevor Howard) to serve as a lookout on Matalava Island for invading Japanese planes in the World War II romantic comedy, "Father Goose". The film was a major commercial success, and upon its release
Father Goose (film) coerces an old friend, American beachcomber Walter Eckland (Cary Grant), into becoming a coast watcher for the Allies. Houghton escorts Eckland to deserted Matalava Island to watch for Japanese airplanes. To ensure Eckland stays put, Houghton sees to it that his own ship "accidentally" knocks a hole in Eckland's launch while departing, so his only boat is its utility dinghy. To motivate Eckland, Houghton has his crew hide Eckland's whisky around the island, rewarding each aircraft sighting (once it is confirmed) with directions to one of the bottles. Houghton finds a replacement watcher, but Eckland has to retrieve him from