Trevor Howard
Peter Willems
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Outcast of the Islands is a 1951 British adventure drama film directed by Carol Reed based on Joseph Conrad's 1896 novel An Outcast of the Islands. The film features Trevor Howard, Ralph Richardson, Robert Morley and Wendy Hiller.
A 1951 adventure drama film based on Joseph Conrad's novel, directed by Carol Reed and starring Ralph Richardson and Trevor Howard. The film follows a man who is expelled from a merchant company in an East Asian port and joins a secret trading post.
- (1.3K)
- Adventure, Drama
- Carol Reed
- 1952-07-11
The novel details the undoing of Peter Willems, a disreputable, immoral man who, on the run from a scandal in Makassar, finds refuge in a hidden native village, only to betray his benefactors over lust for the tribal chief's daughter.
Title: Outcast of the Islands. Summary: A man occupies a position of trust with a merchant in an East Asian port. He's sacked when he's caught stealing, but he pretends to commit suicide, and a Captain he befriended agrees to take him to a secret trading post. Directed by: Carol Reed.
- 96 min
- 10.4K
A film adaptation of Joseph Conrad's novel about a corrupt Dutch trader in Borneo. Read critics and audience reviews, cast and crew, photos, and media info.
- (10)
- Carol Reed
- Adventure
- Trevor Howard
An Outcast of the Islands was only Conrad's second novel, but in its theme, in its impressionistic use of scenery, and, and over all, in the enormous richness and power of the writing, it predicts Conrad's position as a literary figure of the highest rank.
Sep 9, 2016 · “An Outcast of the Islands” is my second novel in the absolute sense of the word; second in conception, second in execution, second as it were in its essence. There was no hesitation, half-formed plan, vague idea, or the vaguest reverie of anything else between it and “Almayer’s Folly.”
