Outcast of the Islands

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

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A man occupies a position of trust with a merchant in an East Asian port. He's sacked after he's caught stealing, but he pretends to commit suicide, and a Captain he befriended agrees to tak... Read allA man occupies a position of trust with a merchant in an East Asian port. He's sacked after he's caught stealing, but he pretends to commit suicide, and a Captain he befriended agrees to take him to a secret trading post.A man occupies a position of trust with a merchant in an East Asian port. He's sacked after he's caught stealing, but he pretends to commit suicide, and a Captain he befriended agrees to take him to a secret trading post.

Director
- Carol Reed
Writers
- Joseph Conrad
- William Fairchild
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

1.3K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Carol Reed
Writers
- Joseph Conrad
- William Fairchild
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
- 2 nominations total

Trivia
Willems' (Trevor Howard's) seduction of Aissa (Kerima) involves a kiss that lasts one minute and fifty-two seconds. This was touted heavily in the movie's publicity.

Goofs
When Aissa confronts Lingard as he searches for Willems, she meets him with a rock in her right hand. The next shot shows her crouching down with her right hand rubbing her abdomen - the rock has vanished.

Quotes
Mrs. Almayer: [to Peter, regarding Aissa] Are you afraid of what she is and of what you might become?
[Peter looks at her, concerned]
Mrs. Almayer: You do well to be afraid.

Alternate versions
The U.S. release was cut by seven minutes.

Connections
Referenced in Guy Hamilton: The Director Speaks (2006)

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Review

Featured review

7/10

Up the River

Probably the most exotic film of the black & white phase of Carol Reed's career as a director, 'An Outcast of the Islands' marks his venture into Conrad's heart of darkness.

Although Ralph Richardson gets star billing as Captain Lingard the film plainly belongs to Trevor Howard in the title role as Peter Willems, succumbing to the pleasures of the flesh in the feral form of Kerima.

The British empire are represented by Robert Morley who brings weighty presence to the part of Almayer (with Wendy Hiller as his wife kitted out incongruously in a cute little bonnet and carrying a parasol); while further down the cast list comes the remarkable sight of George Coulouris in blackface and veteran silent director A. V. Bramble as Kerima's father, a blind village elder who when he throws a curse on Howard draws the response - displaying typical British sang froid - "Well, that's not very helpful!"