The clash of cultures seen in Outcast of the Islands, is displaced between the Europeans (Trevor Howard plays a Dutchman), Wendy Hillier, Robert Morley and Ralph Richardson. The other, native is occupied by the partially blind Babalatchi (George Coulouris) and Aissa (Kerima) and a multitude of nameless indigenous characters. The opponents to the whites and, to a lesser extent, of the natives are the Arabs, led by Abdullah. The struggle by all three groups for mastery of the economic opportunities of these territories is crystallised in attempts by Willems, an involuntary... exile to satisfy his own needs, who along the way compromises his livelihood. [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. Trevor Howard is a clerk in a South Seas trading post who gets involved in a smuggling plot via a secret sea route, eventually betraying his employer and destroying himself in the process. The film confronts the core theme of Conrad's novel - the battles of the noble and the ignoble. It enjoyed enormous publicity - mainly in the form of Kerima, the sultry starlet who brings the downfall of the shiftless trader, Howard.
Trevor Howard is a clerk in a South Seas trading post who gets involved in a smuggling plot via a secret sea route, eventually betraying his employer and destroying himself in the process. The film confronts the core theme of Conrad's novel - the battles of the noble and the ignoble. It enjoyed enormous publicity - mainly in the form of Kerima, the sultry starlet who brings the downfall of the shiftless trader, Howard.
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