Directed by:
Carol ReedScreenplay:
William FairchildComposer:
Brian EasdaleCast:
Ralph Richardson, Trevor Howard, Robert Morley, Wendy Hiller, Kerima, George Coulouris, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Frederick Valk, Marne Maitland, Peter Illing (more)Plots(1)
Partially filmed on location in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Outcast of the Islands is a reasonably faithful adaptation of Joseph Conrad's novel. Trevor Howard plays a degenerate British expatriate who wanders aimlessly around a Malayan island. Most of the film involves the search for Howard by those on whom he's turned his back. None of the characters is particularly likable; even Howard loses audience sympathy for his plight by betraying one of his closest friends (Ralph Richardson), a ship's captain who'd raised Howard from boyhood. (official distributor synopsis)
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Even though the poster almost makes it look like an adventure film, it is actually a pretty good drama that is mainly based on interesting characters. I don't know if the male lead, Trevor Howard, strikes you as more interesting than other actors, but he certainly handles the role of a man who wants to achieve a lot but doesn't have it in him. This is a good psychological drama.
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