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Lydia Bailey

Lydia Bailey

6,8 /10 (6 Votes)
1952 EN 89 min

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.

Release date

30/05/1952

Votes

6

Popularity

0.8

Lydia Bailey ... is Haiti, Voodoo and Passion !

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

89 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2025-01-08

⭐ 6

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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