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Island in the Sun (1957)

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User Rating: 6.0/10 (233 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Robert Rossen
Writers:
Alfred Hayes (writer)
Alec Waugh (novel)
Release Date:
27 August 1957 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
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 synopsis
User Comments:
Strong cast, weak story, vague look at race relations in Caribbean... more

Cast

 (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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Additional Details

Runtime:
119 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Canada:G (Quebec) (video rating) (1998) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
Barbados more
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Referenced in I Land in the Sun (2006) more

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3 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Strong cast, weak story, vague look at race relations in Caribbean..., 27 September 2006
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Author: Neil Doyle from U.S.A.

Alec Waugh's novel dealt with murder, incest, racism and other assorted social problems including politics--and one would think that the film made from his best-selling novel would have to be something really important and vastly entertaining. Sorry--not so. The script is a major dud requiring a viewer to sit through two hours of boredom relieved only by a chance to gape at some nice scenery.

The actors have all done better work elsewhere--and that includes JAMES MASON, HARRY BELAFONTE, JOAN FONTAINE, JOAN COLLINS, STEPHEN BOYD, PATRICIA OWEN and DOROTHY DANDRIDGE. At the time of release it may have stirred up some controversy because of the racial theme but none of the love interest is graphic enough to quicken anyone's pulse, then or now.

The Fontaine/Belafonte match suffers from poor writing and she looks vaguely uncomfortable in her role most of the time. It all comes off as cheap soap opera material, cleansed of any serious look or discussion of racial problems among the upper and middle class set depicted in the film.

But what matters most of all is that the film is a boring mess, long and very undistinguished despite its stellar cast.

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