
Overview:
After financial improprieties are discovered at the Eastern trading company where he works, Peter Willems flees the resulting disgrace and criminal charges. He persuades the man who gave him his start in life, the merchant ship captain Lingard, to bring him to a trading post on a remote Indonesian island where he can hide out.Status: | Released (1951-11-15) |
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Awards: | Nominated for 2 BAFTA 2 nominations total |
Screen: | Joseph Conrad, William Fairchild |
Productions: | London Films Productions, United Artists |
Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
Spoken Languages: | English |

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- 12726: Trevor Howard - Peter Willems
- 12689: Ralph Richardson - Captain Tom Lingard
- 6599: Robert Morley - Elmer Almayer
- 13325: Wendy Hiller - Mrs. Almayer
- 935074: Kerima - Aissa
- 15387: Wilfrid Hyde-White - Vinck
- 11028: George Coulouris - Babalatchi
Crews
- 15378: Carol Reed - Director - Directing
- 8327: Joseph Conrad - Novel - Writing
- 93658: William Fairchild - Writer - Writing
- 15378: Carol Reed - Producer - Production
- 15382: Hugh Perceval - Associate Producer - Production
- 68427: Brian Easdale - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 21783: Edward Scaife - Director of Photography - Camera
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The plot here is a bit on the convoluted side, but is does allow Trevor Howard to remind us that he could play a nasty character just about as well as anyone. He’s been caught with his hand in the till and so is shunned by his bosses and his Far Eastern community. Fortunately, “Wille ....
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