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Island in the Sun (1957)
A scandalous tale of politics, social inequality, interracial romance, and murder set on a fictitious British-owned Caribbean island.
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A scandalous tale of politics, social inequality, interracial romance, and murder set on a fictitious British-owned Caribbean island.
Rating:NR
Genre:Drama, Romance
Written By:Alfred Hayes
In Theaters:6/12/1957
Box Office:$5,000,000
Runtime:119 minutes
Studio:Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, 20th Century Fox
Cast
Robert Rossen
Director
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
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