Lydia Bailey ... is Haiti, Voodoo and Passion !
A young Boston lawyer, Albron Hamlin, goes to Haiti in 1802 to find Lydia Bailey, whose estate he must settle. The island is war-torn in the strife between Toussaing L'Overture, the black president, and the French who are trying to retake possession of the country. Hamlin finds Lydia and, against the background of war and rebellion, they fall in love while helping the Haitians against the French.
- 6.1
- 1952
- Released
- 1h 29m
Dale Robertson
Albion Hamlin
Anne Francis
Lydia Bailey
Charles Korvin
Col. Gabriel D'autremont
William Marshall
King Dick
Luis van Rooten
General Charles LeClerc
Angos Perez
Paul d'Autremont
Roy Glenn
Mirabeau
Bill Walker
General LaPlumeRosalind Hayes
Aspodelle
Juanita Moore
Marie (uncredited)
Gladys Holland
Pauline Bonaparte (uncredited)
Adeline De Walt Reynolds
Mme. Antoinette d'Autremont (uncredited)
Ken Renard
President Toussaint L'Overture (uncredited)
Will Wright
Consul (uncredited)Released
en
- #rebellion
- #island
- #haiti
- #president
- #lawyer
Reviews
It's unlucky for "Hamlin" (Dale Robertson) that he arrives in Haiti to help his eponymous client (Anne Francis) settle her father's estate. He steps straight into a war zone as the local population have had enough of living under the Napoleonic yoke and so are galvanised under "L'Overture" (Ken Renard) to fight for their freedom. Initially, he's uninterested in their island's domestic squabbles, b