Adaptation of a novel by Alec Waugh. Very diverse characters cross paths on the Caribbean island of Santa Marta, where a political conflict unfolds between a white, racist planter and a black, progressive candidate. This film was very controversial in its time for presenting relationships between characters of different races: it was boycotted by the Ku-Klux-Klan and banned in South Carolina
Island in the Sun
1957
123 minutes
USA
Directed by: Robert Rossen
Screenplay: Alfred Hayes.
Novel: Alec Waugh
Music: Malcolm Arnold
Cinematography: Freddie Young
Cast: James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Dorothy Dandridge, Joan Collins, Michael Rennie, Harry Belafonte, Diana Wynyard, John Williams, Stephen Boyd, Patricia Owens, Basil Sydney, John Justin, Ronald Squire, Hartley Power
Production Company: 20th Century Fox, Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
Genre: Drama. romance | Racism
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