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Peter Matthiessen (story)
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18 January 1961 (USA) more
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An jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win & 1 nomination more
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Disturbing Portrait of Racism and Pedophilia more (12 total)

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Zachary Scott ... Miller
Bernie Hamilton ... Traver
Key Meersman ... Evalyn
Crahan Denton ... Jackson
Claudio Brook ... Rev. Fleetwood
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Also Known As:
Island of Shame (UK)
La joven (Mexico)
White Trash (USA)
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Runtime:
Mexico:95 min | USA:96 min
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13 out of 23 people found the following review useful.
Disturbing Portrait of Racism and Pedophilia, 4 May 1999
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Author: IboChild from View Park, California, USA

THE YOUNG ONE may not be one of Luis Buñuel's finest films, but it is certainly one of his most disturbing and provocative. This picture distinguishes itself from typical "race problem" movies in that Travers is not the familiar "ebony saint" character popularized by the likes of Sidney Poitier. Here Travers (played with intensity by Bernie Hamilton) does not take any mess from the racist Miller -- and lives to tell about it. Miller on the other hand is one of the most vile and despicable characters ever to grace the silver screen. Not only is Miller a bigot, but a pedophile too. When Miller is not spewing racial slurs at Traver, he's trying to bed Evalyn, the recently orphaned girl next door. Daring for the time, THE YOUNG ONE will provide Buñuel aficionados and those interested in the portrayal of African American men in the early 1960's with much fuel for discussion long after the films has been shown.

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