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Storm Over Jamaica(1958)
Status: Released
Date: 1958-09-25
70%
2 Votes
Time: 1h 43m
Overview:
A British schoolteacher moves to Jamaica to teach after a tumultuous divorce and meets an exciting new woman.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies:
The Rank Organisation
Movie: Storm Over Jamaica
Top 9 Billed Cast
Virginia McKenna
Judy Waring
Bill Travers
Douglas Lockwood
Yvonne Mitchell
Mrs. Pawley
Alexander Knox
Leonard Pawley
Carl Möhner
Louis
Guy Middleton
Duffield
Gordon Heath
Coroner
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A British schoolteacher moves to Jamaica to teach after a tumultuous divorce and meets an exciting new woman.
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1958-09-25
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