Lydia Bailey (1952)

NR05/30/1952History, Adventure1h 29m
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Lydia Bailey ... is Haiti, Voodoo and Passion !

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Dale Robertson

    Albion Hamlin

  2. Cast 1

    Anne Francis

    Lydia Bailey

  3. Cast 1

    Charles Korvin

    Col. Gabriel D'autremont

  4. Cast 1

    William Marshall

    King Dick

  5. Cast 1

    Luis van Rooten

    General Charles LeClerc

  6. Angos Perez

    Paul d'Autremont

  7. Cast 1

    Robert Evans

    Soldier

  8. Cast 1

    Roy Glenn

    Mirabeau

  9. Cast 1

    Bill Walker

    General LaPlume

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, but after a while both he and she find themselves more and more embroiled. Thing is, Napoleon is quite fond of his Caribbean paradise and soon we learn he has despatched a fleet to reimpose order. Agai...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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