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Island in the Sun (1957)
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27 August 1957 (West Germany) moreTagline:
The place is the West Indies . . . the sun hides many things.Plot:
Set on a fictitious island in the Carribean during colonial British rule. It focuses on the life of... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Worth a look...hypocrisy and discrimination.... moreCast
(Credited cast) | James Mason | ... | Maxwell Fleury |
 | Joan Fontaine | ... | Mavis Norman |
 | Dorothy Dandridge | ... | Margot Seaton |
 | Joan Collins | ... | Jocelyn Fleury |
 | Michael Rennie | ... | Hilary Carson |
 | Harry Belafonte | ... | David Boyeur |
| Diana Wynyard | ... | Mrs. Fleury |
| John Williams | ... | Colonel Whittingham |
 | Stephen Boyd | ... | Euan Templeton |
| Patricia Owens | ... | Sylvia Fleury |
| Basil Sydney | ... | Julian Fleury |
| John Justin | ... | Denis Archer |
| Ronald Squire | ... | Governor Templeton |
| Hartley Power | ... | Bradshaw |
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Certification:
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) (video rating) (1998) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15Fun Stuff
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In August 1957, this film was being being shown on a double bill with Monkey on My Back (1957). moreFAQ
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This film, having been made in 1957 has a very intriguing and slanted portrayal of a wealthy plantation owner (well-portrayed by James Mason) and a few over-privileged white women (Joan Fontaine, Joan Collins and her vapid mother, who owns a large estate).
Harry Belafonte is wonderful as the West Indies native of this fictional island. He (ostensibly) is pursued by Fontaine, but rejects her world. Why is her American world supposed to be considered so ideal?. Well, this was written in 1957.
Having lived in South Florida, and traveled, in this day and age a story regarding poverty wages and slave labor would be much starker and realistic. Sugar cane plantations still exist to this day, in Belle Glade, and the Everglades area. A story we rarely hear about, unfortunately.
This film is worth watching for the hypocrisy of the time, as a curiosity piece. I also consider the Lana Turner film ("Imitation of Life")to fall into the category of denial and repression of human rights, which still exist in America to this day. 8/10.