Outcast of the Islands

Nov 15, 1951

1h 42m

★ 5.7

Even Her Love Was Primitive!

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.

Genres

Drama

Adventure

Production Companies

London Films Productions

United Artists

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Cast

Peter Willems

Trevor Howard

Captain Tom Lingard

Ralph Richardson

Elmer Almayer

Robert Morley

Mrs. Almayer

Wendy Hiller

Aissa

Kerima

Vinck

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Babalatchi

George Coulouris

Nina Almayer

Annabel Morley

Alagappan

Peter Illing

Mrs. Williams

Betty Ann Davies

Hudig

Frederick Valk

Badavi

A.V. Bramble

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