Film
Lydia Bailey
United States- Age rating
- NR
- Director
- Jean Negulesco
- Year
- 1952
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.
Top cast
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
Robert Evans
Soldier
Roy Glenn
Mirabeau
Bill Walker
General LaPlume
Rosalind 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)
Directed by
Jean Negulesco
Written by
Michael Blankfort, Philip Dunne
Produced by
Jules Schermer
