| Description |
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Cinema classics collection.
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| System Details |
DVD, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 4.0 surround, mono. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned ; subtitles in English and Spanish. |
| Performer |
Cast: James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Dorothy Dandridge, Joan Collins, Michael Rennie, Harry Belafonte. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, F.A. Young; film editor, Reginald Beck; music, Malcolm Arnold. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in Cinemascope in 1957. |
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Based on the novel of the same title by Alec Waugh. |
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Special features: audio commentary by film writer and historian John Stanley; documentary "Dorothy Dandridge: Little Girl Lost" as seen on Biography on the A & E Network; original theatrical trailer. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
Four different love affairs simultaneously wreak havoc in the lives of the inhabitants of a tropical paradise. A wealthy plantation owner plots murder when he suspects his wife of having an adulterous relationship. At the same time, his sister-in-law is drawn to his enemy, a dedicated black labor leader, and a governor's aide is torn over his scandalous affair with a native woman. |
| Subject |
West Indies -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Nineteen fifties -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Waugh, Alec, 1898-1981 -- Film adaptations.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
DVD-Video discs.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979.
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Hayes, Alfred, 1911-1985.
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Rossen, Robert, 1908-1966.
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Mason, James, 1909-1984.
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Fontaine, Joan, 1917-2013.
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Dandridge, Dorothy, 1922-1965.
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Collins, Joan, 1933-
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Rennie, Michael.
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Belafonte, Harry, 1927-
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Waugh, Alec, 1898-1981.
Island in the sun.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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Darryl F. Zanuck Productions.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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Fox Video (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
024543221876 |
| Music No. |
22321870 20th Century Fox |
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10103565 |
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