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User Rating:
5.4/10   185 votes
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Director:
Delmer Daves
Writers:
Richard Walton Tully (play)
Delmer Daves (screenplay)
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Release Date:
14 March 1951 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Drama | Romance more
Plot:
Island princess falls for a visiting Frenchman, but her people are against it. full summary | add synopsis
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Surpasses the original more (25 total)

Cast

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Debra Paget ... Kalua
Louis Jourdan ... Andre Laurence
Jeff Chandler ... Tenga
Everett Sloane ... The Akua
Maurice Schwartz ... The Kahuna

Jack Elam ... The Trader
Prince Leilani ... Chief (as Prince Lei Lani)
Otto Waldis ... Skipper
Alfred Zeisler ... Van Hook
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Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #14811) | Finland:S | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA
Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation more

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Version of Bird of Paradise (1932) more

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Surpasses the original, 20 September 2000
6/10
Author: John Seal from Oakland CA

Bird of Paradise is a very unusual picture, a subconscious blend of two emerging cultural patterns in 1950s America: 'exotica' and film noir. This is no Paradise Hawaiian Style. Beautiful location photography and a thoughtful screenplay by director-producer Delmer Daves make this one to catch on the late late show (or on Fox Movies!).

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