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For the novel, see An Outcast of the Islands.

1952 British film

Outcast of the Islands
original movie poster
Directed by	Carol Reed
Screenplay by	William Fairchild
Based on	An Outcast of the Islands 1896 novel by Joseph Conrad
Produced by	Carol Reed
Starring	Trevor Howard Ralph Richardson Robert Morley Wendy Hiller
Cinematography	Edward Scaife John Wilcox
Edited by	Bert Bates
Music by	Brian Easdale
Color process	Black and white
Production company	London Film Productions
Distributed by	British Lion Films Corporation
Release date	18 January 1952 (1952-01-18) (London)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	£149,335 (UK)

Outcast of the Islands is a 1951 British adventure drama film directed by Carol Reed and starring Trevor Howard, Ralph Richardson, Robert Morley and Wendy Hiller. The screenplay was by William Fairchild by based on Joseph Conrad's 1896 novel An Outcast of the Islands.

Plot

Peter Willems, a selfish and ambitious man, is accused of stealing in his position as manager of a shipping port operation near Singapore. After he is dismissed for his misconduct he reacquaints himself with the trading ship Capt. Lingard who befriended him as a 12-year-old boy. Lingard agrees to help Willems regain his reputation by taking him to a trading village located up a difficult-to-navigate channel near the coast of Batam. Lingard's son-in-law, Elmer Almayer, operates a trading operation for Capt. Lingard in the village. Lingard asks Almayer to take Willems under his wing and teach him the business. While Lingard is away on one of his sea trips, Willems abuses his trust, seduces the village chieftain's daughter Aissa, attempts to steal Almayer's business operation, humiliates Almayer before the villagers, and shares the navigation secrets of the channel with an Arab trader who competes with Capt. Lingard. Lingard returns to discover the mess Willems has made and confronts Willems – who has now been condemned by the villagers because of the shame he brought to the frail and dying chieftain. He abandons Willems to live in isolation and exile.

Cast

Trevor Howard as Willems
Ralph Richardson as Captain Lingard
Robert Morley as Elmer Almayer
Wendy Hiller as Mrs. Almayer
Kerima as Aissa
George Coulouris as Babalatchi
Tamine as Tamine
Wilfrid Hyde-White as Vinck
Peter Illing as Alagappa
Betty Ann Davies as Mrs Williams
Frederick Valk as Hudig
A. V. Bramble as Badavi
Marne Maitland as ships mate
James Kenney as Ramsey
Annabel Morley as Nina Almayer
Ranjana as Dancing by (as T. Ranjana)
K. Gurunanse as Dancing by

Production

In the wake of the success of The Blue Lagoon, Alexander Korda was able to get funding for a film version of Outcast. Outcast of the Islands was filmed on location in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and at Shepperton Studios in England.

Reception

Outcast of the Islands was nominated for best British film and best film from any source at the 1953 BAFTA awards.

Home media

Outcast of the Islands was released on home video by Kino Lorber on April 28, 2020 as a Region 1 Blu-Ray.

References

"Alexander Korda Film Credits". - B.F.I. Retrieved 2016-01-10
Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p495
"Outcast of the Islands". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 10 December 2024.

External links

Outcast of the Islands at IMDb
Outcast of the Islands at the TCM Movie Database

v t e Films directed by Carol Reed
Midshipman Easy (1935) Laburnum Grove (1936) Talk of the Devil (1936) Who's Your Lady Friend? (1937) Bank Holiday (1938) Penny Paradise (1938) Climbing High (1938) A Girl Must Live (1939) The Stars Look Down (1940) The Girl in the News (1940) Night Train to Munich (1940) Kipps (1941) A Letter from Home (1941) The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) The New Lot (1943) The Way Ahead (1944) The True Glory (1945) Odd Man Out (1947) The Fallen Idol (1948) The Third Man (1949) Outcast of the Islands (1951) The Man Between (1953) A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) Trapeze (1956) The Key (1958) Our Man in Havana (1959) The Running Man (1963) The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) Oliver! (1968) Flap (1970) Follow Me! (1972)

Films directed by Carol Reed

Midshipman Easy (1935)
Laburnum Grove (1936)
Talk of the Devil (1936)
Who's Your Lady Friend? (1937)
Bank Holiday (1938)
Penny Paradise (1938)
Climbing High (1938)
A Girl Must Live (1939)
The Stars Look Down (1940)
The Girl in the News (1940)
Night Train to Munich (1940)
Kipps (1941)
A Letter from Home (1941)
The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)
The New Lot (1943)
The Way Ahead (1944)
The True Glory (1945)
Odd Man Out (1947)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
The Third Man (1949)
Outcast of the Islands (1951)
The Man Between (1953)
A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)
Trapeze (1956)
The Key (1958)
Our Man in Havana (1959)
The Running Man (1963)
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Oliver! (1968)
Flap (1970)
Follow Me! (1972)

v t e Films by Alexander Korda
As director	Watchhouse in the Carpathians (1914) The Duped Journalist (1914) Tutyu and Totyo (1914) Lyon Lea (1915) The Officer's Swordknot (1915) White Nights (1916) The Grandmother (1916) Tales of the Typewriter (1916) The Man with Two Hearts (1916) The One Million Pound Note (1916) Cyclamen (1916) Struggling Hearts (1916) The Laughing Saskia (1916) Miska the Magnate (1916) St. Peter's Umbrella (1917) The Stork Caliph (1917) Magic (1917) Harrison and Barrison (1917) Faun (1918) The Man with the Golden Touch (1918) Mary Ann (1918) Ave Caesar! (1919) White Rose (1919) Yamata (1919) Man of Gold (1919) Neither at Home or Abroad (1919) Number 111 (1919) The Prince and the Pauper (1920) Masters of the Sea (1922) A Vanished World (1922) Samson and Delilah (1922) The Unknown Tomorrow (1923) Everybody's Woman (1924) Tragedy in the House of Habsburg (1924) Dancing Mad (1925) Madame Wants No Children (1926) A Modern Dubarry (1927) The Stolen Bride (1927) The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927) Yellow Lily (1928) Night Watch (1928) Love and the Devil (1929) The Squall (1929) Her Private Life (1929) Lilies of the Field (1930) Women Everywhere (1930) The Princess and the Plumber (1930) The Men Around Lucy (1931) Rive gauche (1931) Marius (1931) Longing for the Sea (1931) The Golden Anchor (1932) Service for Ladies (1932) Wedding Rehearsal (1932) The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) La dame de chez Maxim's (1933) The Girl from Maxim's (1933) The Private Life of Don Juan (1934) Rembrandt (1936) That Hamilton Woman (1941) Perfect Strangers (1945) An Ideal Husband (1947)
As producer only	Men of Tomorrow (1932) That Night in London (1932) Women Who Play (1932) Strange Evidence (1933) Counsel's Opinion (1933) Cash (1933) Catherine the Great (1934) The Private Life of the Gannets (1934) (short) The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) Things Are Looking Up (1935) Sanders of the River (1935) The Ghost Goes West (1935) Things to Come (1936) I Stand Condemned (1936) Men Are Not Gods (1936) Forget Me Not (1936) The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) Fire Over England (1937) I, Claudius (1937) (unfinished) Dark Journey (1937) Elephant Boy (1937) Farewell Again (1937) Storm in a Teacup (1937) Knight Without Armour (1937) The Squeaker (1937) Paradise for Two (1937) The Divorce of Lady X (1938) South Riding (1938) The Challenge (1938) Prison Without Bars (1938) Q Planes (1939) The Four Feathers (1939) The Rebel Son (1939) The Spy in Black (1939) The Lion Has Wings (1939) Over the Moon (1939) 21 Days (1940) Conquest of the Air (1940) The Thief of Bagdad (1940) Old Bill and Son (1941) Lydia (1941) To Be or Not to Be (1942) Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book (1942) The Shop at Sly Corner (1947) A Man About the House (1947) Mine Own Executioner (1947) Night Beat (1948) Anna Karenina (1948) The Winslow Boy (1948) The Fallen Idol (1948) Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948) That Dangerous Age (1949) The Last Days of Dolwyn (1949) Saints and Sinners (1949) The Third Man (1949) The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955) A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) The Deep Blue Sea (1955) Storm Over the Nile (1955) Richard III (1955) Smiley (1956)

Films by Alexander Korda

As director

Watchhouse in the Carpathians (1914)
The Duped Journalist (1914)
Tutyu and Totyo (1914)
Lyon Lea (1915)
The Officer's Swordknot (1915)
White Nights (1916)
The Grandmother (1916)
Tales of the Typewriter (1916)
The Man with Two Hearts (1916)
The One Million Pound Note (1916)
Cyclamen (1916)
Struggling Hearts (1916)
The Laughing Saskia (1916)
Miska the Magnate (1916)
St. Peter's Umbrella (1917)
The Stork Caliph (1917)
Magic (1917)
Harrison and Barrison (1917)
Faun (1918)
The Man with the Golden Touch (1918)
Mary Ann (1918)
Ave Caesar! (1919)
White Rose (1919)
Yamata (1919)
Man of Gold (1919)
Neither at Home or Abroad (1919)
Number 111 (1919)
The Prince and the Pauper (1920)
Masters of the Sea (1922)
A Vanished World (1922)
Samson and Delilah (1922)
The Unknown Tomorrow (1923)
Everybody's Woman (1924)
Tragedy in the House of Habsburg (1924)
Dancing Mad (1925)
Madame Wants No Children (1926)
A Modern Dubarry (1927)
The Stolen Bride (1927)
The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927)
Yellow Lily (1928)
Night Watch (1928)
Love and the Devil (1929)
The Squall (1929)
Her Private Life (1929)
Lilies of the Field (1930)
Women Everywhere (1930)
The Princess and the Plumber (1930)
The Men Around Lucy (1931)
Rive gauche (1931)
Marius (1931)
Longing for the Sea (1931)
The Golden Anchor (1932)
Service for Ladies (1932)
Wedding Rehearsal (1932)
The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
La dame de chez Maxim's (1933)
The Girl from Maxim's (1933)
The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)
Rembrandt (1936)
That Hamilton Woman (1941)
Perfect Strangers (1945)
An Ideal Husband (1947)

As producer only

Men of Tomorrow (1932)
That Night in London (1932)
Women Who Play (1932)
Strange Evidence (1933)
Counsel's Opinion (1933)
Cash (1933)
Catherine the Great (1934)
The Private Life of the Gannets (1934) (short)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
Things Are Looking Up (1935)
Sanders of the River (1935)
The Ghost Goes West (1935)
Things to Come (1936)
I Stand Condemned (1936)
Men Are Not Gods (1936)
Forget Me Not (1936)
The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936)
Fire Over England (1937)
I, Claudius (1937) (unfinished)
Dark Journey (1937)
Elephant Boy (1937)
Farewell Again (1937)
Storm in a Teacup (1937)
Knight Without Armour (1937)
The Squeaker (1937)
Paradise for Two (1937)
The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
South Riding (1938)
The Challenge (1938)
Prison Without Bars (1938)
Q Planes (1939)
The Four Feathers (1939)
The Rebel Son (1939)
The Spy in Black (1939)
The Lion Has Wings (1939)
Over the Moon (1939)
21 Days (1940)
Conquest of the Air (1940)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Old Bill and Son (1941)
Lydia (1941)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book (1942)
The Shop at Sly Corner (1947)
A Man About the House (1947)
Mine Own Executioner (1947)
Night Beat (1948)
Anna Karenina (1948)
The Winslow Boy (1948)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)
That Dangerous Age (1949)
The Last Days of Dolwyn (1949)
Saints and Sinners (1949)
The Third Man (1949)
The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955)
A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)
The Deep Blue Sea (1955)
Storm Over the Nile (1955)
Richard III (1955)
Smiley (1956)

v t e Joseph Conrad (works)
Novels and novellas	Almayer's Folly An Outcast of the Islands The Nigger of the "Narcissus" Heart of Darkness The End of the Tether Lord Jim The Inheritors Typhoon Falk Romance Nostromo The Secret Agent Under Western Eyes Freya of the Seven Isles Chance Victory The Shadow Line The Arrow of Gold The Rescue The Nature of a Crime The Rover Suspense
Short stories	"The Idiots" "An Outpost of Progress" "The Lagoon" "Karain: a Memory" "Youth" "Amy Foster" "The Secret Sharer" "Because of the Dollars" "The Tale"
Other works	The Inheritors (1901) Romance (1903) A Personal Record Last Essays
Adaptations	Victory (1919) Lord Jim (1925) The Silver Treasure (1926) Dangerous Paradise (1930) Sabotage (1936) Victory (1940) Outcast of the Islands (1951) Lord Jim (1965) The Rover (1967) The Duellists (1977) Apocalypse Now (1979) The Secret Agent (1992) Heart of Darkness (1993) Victory (1996) The Secret Agent (1996) Nostromo (1997 TV) Gabrielle (2005) Almayer's Folly (2011) Spec Ops: The Line (2012 video game) Hanyut (2014) Secret Sharer (2014) The Secret Agent (2016) The Young One (2016)
Related	Apollo Korzeniowski (father) Joseph Conrad's career at sea Joseph Conrad (ship)

v t e Joseph Conrad's Lingard Trilogy
Characters	Thomas Lingard
Almayer's Folly (1895)	Almayer's Folly (2011) Hanyut (2012/2016)
An Outcast of the Islands (1896)	Outcast of the Islands (1951)
The Rescue (1920)	The Rescue (1929)

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