Reviews

Zanuck chose a spicy story of inter-racial love on a West Indian island. The head ( James Mason) of a ruling family murders a gentlemanly English drifter ( Michael Rennie) who, he believes, is having an affair with his wife ( Patricia Owens). He is thereafter doggedly pursued by a police inspector ( John Williams ) until the suspect gives in. In the meantime, his sister-in-law almost has an affair with a handsome leader ( Harry Belafonte ) of a black community, who finally decides it wouldn't be good for his political future , while the governor's aide-camp ( John Justin ) resigns his commission and marries the black girl ( Dorothy Dandridge ) he loves.