History Film / FatherGoose

* InsistentTerminology: Walter refuses to use the fairy tale-based code names he's assigned. On the other side, Stebbings adheres to the code names so much that he uses them even in private conversations with his commanding officer.
* LampshadeWearing: At one point Ms. Freneau accidentally got drunk because of the mistaken belief she was bitten by a snake ([[ItMakesSenseInContext long story]]). Later Mr. Eckland led her to believe she did dance naked with a lampshade on her head.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Played straight and inverted. [[SlapSlapKiss Walter and Catherine have been sniping at each-other for a while and it eventually leads to Catherine slapping Walter. He returns the favor in a heartbeat.]]

* {{Meganekko}}: Elizabeth.

In the South Pacific, Australian Navy Commander Frank Houghton (Creator/TrevorHoward) has to "convince"--read: coerce--an old friend, American beachcomber Walter Eckland (Grant), into becoming a coast-watcher for the Allies. Eckland, who is uninterested in anything other than fishing and drinking, is taken to deserted Matalava Island to watch for Japanese planes. To ensure Eckland remains on duty, Houghton's naval vessel "accidentally" hits his boat, leaving a large gaping hole in its hull.

In the South Pacific, Australian Navy Commander Frank Houghton (Creator/TrevorHoward) has to "convince"--read: coerce--an old friend, American beachcomber Walter Eckland (Grant), into becoming a coast-watcher for the Allies. Eckland, who is uninterested in anything other than fishing and drinking, is taken to deserted Matalava Island to watch for Japanese planes. To ensure that Eckland remains on duty, Houghton's naval vessel "accidentally" hits his boat, leaving a large gaping hole in its hull.

The film starts with Australian Navy Commander Frank Houghton (Creator/TrevorHoward) having to "convince"--read: coerce--an old friend, American beachcomber Walter Eckland (Grant), into becoming a coast-watcher for the Allies. Eckland, who is uninterested in anything other than fishing and drinking, is taken to deserted Matalava Island to watch for Japanese planes. To ensure that Eckland remains on duty, Houghton's naval vessel "accidentally" hits his boat, leaving a large gaping hole in its hull.

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''Father Goose'' is a 1964 romantic comedy set in World War II, starring Creator/CaryGrant and Creator/LeslieCaron.

The film starts with a Commander Frank Houghton having to "convince" (coerce) an old friend, American beachcomber Walter Eckland (Cary Grant), into becoming a coast-watcher for the Allies. Eckland, who is uninterested in anything other than fishing and drinking, is forced to land on a deserted Matalava Island to watch for Japanese planes. To ensure Eckland remains on duty, Houghton's naval vessel "accidentally" hits his boat, leaving a large gaping hole in its hull.

Houghton later finds a replacement watcher who happens to be in distress, but Eckland has to retrieve him from nearby a nearby island. Eckland unexpectedly finds, not the island watchman, but a Frenchwoman by the name of Catherine Freneau and seven young schoolgirls under her care stranded there instead. 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.

Now having to take care of the prim and proper school teacher and her students Mr. Eckland tries to maintain his privacy and get the ''ladies'' off the island as fast as possible, a task easier said than done.

!!Tropes in the film

* WomenAreWiser: Catharine is a firm believer of this due to her wealthy and sheltered upbringing, thankfully she gets better by the end of the movie.