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Set on a fictitious island in the Carribean during colonial British rule. It focuses on the life of a young charismatic and handsome black male with political aspirations. He finds himself confused on returning home when his romantic liaison with a white female tends to conflict with his political views. As rumor has it an interracial screen kiss caused quite a commotion in the U.S. when the film was released. The plot is further strengthened by a look at the lives of a white ex-pat family also living on the island. The family has to deal with problems of infidelity, racism and murder.

The place is the West Indies . . . the sun hides many things.

Genres: Drama, Family

Starring: James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Dorothy Dandridge

Released: June 12, 1957

Runtime: 119.0

Popularity Rating: 0.682

Darryl F. Zanuck Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

United States of America

Maxwell Fleury James Mason
Mavis Norman Joan Fontaine
Margot Seaton Dorothy Dandridge
Jocelyn Fleury Joan Collins
Hilary Carson Michael Rennie
David Boyeur Harry Belafonte
Mrs. Fleury Diana Wynyard
Colonel Whittingham John Williams
Euan Templeton Stephen Boyd
Sylvia Fleury Patricia Owens

Art — Art Direction: John DeCuir
Camera — Camera Operator: Robert Walker
Camera — Director of Photography: Freddie Young
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: David Ffolkes
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Phyllis Dalton
Costume & Make-Up — Makeup Artist: David Aylott
Directing — Director: Robert Rossen
Directing — Script Supervisor: Maggie Unsworth
Editing — Editor: Reginald Beck
Production — Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck
Sound — Music: Malcolm Arnold
Sound — Sound: Gerry Turner
Sound — Sound: J.B. Smith
Sound — Sound: Michael Hickey
Writing — Novel: Alec Waugh
Writing — Writer: Alfred Hayes