Island in the Sun(1957)
A scandalous tale of politics, social inequality, interracial romance, and murder set on a fictitious British-owned Caribbean island.
Movie: Island in the Sun
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Maxwell Fleury
Mavis Norman
Margot Seaton
Jocelyn Fleury
Hilary Carson
David Boyeur
Mrs. Fleury
Colonel Whittingham
Euan Templeton
Sylvia Fleury
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