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Island in the Sun(1957)
Status: Released
Date: 1957-06-12
66%
20 Votes
Time: 1h 59m
Overview:
A scandalous tale of politics, social inequality, interracial romance, and murder set on a fictitious British-owned Caribbean island.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $3,000,000.00
Revenue: $5,000,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
Movie: Island in the Sun
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
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