Pearl of the South Pacific (1955) on Netflix

Plot summary

Rita Delaine, a woman Dan Merrill once loved, is waiting on his boat when he wakes after a night of drinking, along with his partner, Bully Hague. The pair play on Dan's greed and talk him into sailing to an island where, they say, rare black pearls lie in the water. The island's high priest is a white man, Tuan Michael, and his son George is on the verge of marrying Momu, the daughter of the chief, Halemano. The three newcomers interrupt the wedding. Before they can be driven off, Rita claims to be a missionary, while George, who has never left the island, urges his father to let her stay.