Outcast of the Islands

Joseph Conrad (novel)
Carol Reed (director)
William Fairchild (screenwriter)
Trevor Howard, Ralph Richardson, Robert Morley, Wendy Hiller, Kerima (starring)

London: London Film Productions, 1951. Vintage reference photograph of director Carol Reed and actor Ralph Richardson on the set of the 1951 film. With a printed mimeo snipe on the verso, along with the stamp of Tele-Magazine.

Based on Joseph Conrad's 1896 novel. A selfish criminal takes on a new position as the second-in-command of a trading operation on a remote island village, where he seduces the village chieftain's daughter and embezzles from his employers. Controversial at the time of release for its depiction of an interracial romance, even though the so-called indigenous Algerian actress in question (Kerima) was in actuality a white woman from France.

Set in Borneo, shot on location in Sri Lanka.

10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus, with a short closed tear to the top edge, repaired on the verso with white tape.


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