Outcast of the Islands (Original title)
Dates: 1951 (Copyright), 25 February 1952 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Carol Reed
Synopsis: A shiftless man is befriended by a trader, but betrays him out of desire for a chieftan's daughter by showing a secret channel to a rival Arab. His treachery leads him to be abandoned by everyone.
Genre: Period drama
Subject: Deceit
Releases
Date: 25 February 1952Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 102 mins Length: 9225 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: February 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 102 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Title: [Literature/Film Quarterly - v15 n1 1987: no known title]Language: English
Description: Considered with RAZUMOV.
In: Motion Picture Herald v187 n7 17 May 1952 Page: 1366
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v187 n7 17 May 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: British Film Academy Quarterly n15 February 1952
Title: [British Film Academy Quarterly - n15 February 1952: no known title]Language: English
Description: On phot.
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v19 n216 January 1952 Page: 4
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v19 n216 January 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Films in Review v3 n5 May 1952 Page: 238
Title: [Films in Review - v3 n5 May 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 23 Jan 1952
Title: [Variety - 23 Jan 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Filmblätter n47 23 Nov 1951 Page: 969
Title: [Filmblätter - n47 23 Nov 1951: no known title]Language: German
In: Mein Film v21 n14 6 Apr 1951
Title: [Mein Film - v21 n14 6 Apr 1951: no known title]Language: German
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2320 13 Dec 1951 Page: 20
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2320 13 Dec 1951: no known title]Language: English
In: The Cinema Studio v5 n114 September 1950
Title: [The Cinema Studio - v5 n114 September 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 48
Title: [ - : no known title]
Description: 'A day in the life of a film'.
In:
Title: [ - : no known title]
Author: PHILLIPS, Gene D. Pages: 218p.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(14)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8954 FeetStock date: 1951BFI identifier: C-233640
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Video materials(1)
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-376751
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(13)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1221269
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8933 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-233644
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8954 FeetStock date: 1951BFI identifier: C-233640
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 8600 FeetBFI identifier: C-1606732
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteStock date: 1951BFI identifier: N-89396
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: Mainly safetySound: SoundStock date: 1951BFI identifier: N-89413
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating NegativeBase: NitrateBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1965Stock date: 1952BFI identifier: N-50430
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: Mainly safetySound: CombinedLength: 850 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-233639
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 5050 FeetStock date: 1951BFI identifier: C-233641
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: Mainly safetySound: CombinedLength: 2850 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-233642
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 900 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-233643
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Original / Dupe NegativeBase: MixedSound: MuteLength: 9875 FeetBFI identifier: C-1606728
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm PositiveBase: SafetyBFI identifier: C-233647
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Dates: 1951 (Copyright), 25 February 1952 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Carol Reed
Synopsis: A shiftless man is befriended by a trader, but betrays him out of desire for a chieftan's daughter by showing a secret channel to a rival Arab. His treachery leads him to be abandoned by everyone.
Genre: Period drama
Subject: Deceit
Releases
Date: 25 February 1952Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 102 mins Length: 9225 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: February 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 102 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
(36)
©: British Lion Film Corporation Limited, Produced in association with: British Lion Film Corporation, Presents: London Film Productions, Executive Producer: Alexander Korda, Produced by: Carol Reed, Associate Producer: Hugh Perceval, Production Manager: G. Leigh-Aman, Assistant Director: Guy Hamilton, Script Supervisor: Pamela Davies, Continuity: Pamela Davies, Screenplay by: W.E.C. Fairchild, [Based on the original novel] By: Joseph Conrad, Photography by: John Wilcox, [Photography] In association with: Edward Scaife, Camera Operator: Fred Francis, Camera Operator: Ted Moore, Camera Assistant: Gerry Fisher, Special Effects: Percy Day, Editor: Bert Bates, Assembly Cutter: Bert Rule, George Fisher, Assistant Art Director: John Hawkesworth, Sets Designed by: Vincent Korda, Wardrobe: Ivy Baker, Makeup: George Frost, Urban Hutchinson, Hairdressing: Gordon Bond, Hair: Eileen Bates, Music Composed and Conducted by: Brian Easdale, [Music] Played by: The Philharmonia Orchestra, Sound Supervisor: John Cox, Sound Recording: Bert Ross, Sound Recording: Red Law, Sound System: Western Electric Recording, Produced at the: British Lion Studio
Cast
(19)
Ralph Richardson (Captain Lingard), Trevor Howard (Peter Willems), Robert Morley (Almayer), Wendy Hiller (Mrs Almayer), George Coulouris (Babalatchi), Wilfrid Hyde White (Vinck), Frederick Valk (Hudig), Betty Ann Davies (Mrs Williams), Kerima (Aissa), T. Ranjana, K. Gurunanse (dancing by), Tamine (Tamine), Peter Illing (Alagappan), A.V. Bramble (Badavi), Marne Maitland (ship's mate), James Kenney (Ramsey), Annabel Morley (Nina Almayer), Dharma Emmanuel (Ali), Jacquie Wallis
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(12)
In: Literature/Film Quarterly v15 n1 1987 Pages: 22-27Title: [Literature/Film Quarterly - v15 n1 1987: no known title]Language: English
Description: Considered with RAZUMOV.
In: Motion Picture Herald v187 n7 17 May 1952 Page: 1366
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v187 n7 17 May 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: British Film Academy Quarterly n15 February 1952
Title: [British Film Academy Quarterly - n15 February 1952: no known title]Language: English
Description: On phot.
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v19 n216 January 1952 Page: 4
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v19 n216 January 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Films in Review v3 n5 May 1952 Page: 238
Title: [Films in Review - v3 n5 May 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 23 Jan 1952
Title: [Variety - 23 Jan 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Filmblätter n47 23 Nov 1951 Page: 969
Title: [Filmblätter - n47 23 Nov 1951: no known title]Language: German
In: Mein Film v21 n14 6 Apr 1951
Title: [Mein Film - v21 n14 6 Apr 1951: no known title]Language: German
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2320 13 Dec 1951 Page: 20
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2320 13 Dec 1951: no known title]Language: English
In: The Cinema Studio v5 n114 September 1950
Title: [The Cinema Studio - v5 n114 September 1950: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 48
Title: [ - : no known title]
Description: 'A day in the life of a film'.
In:
Title: [ - : no known title]
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(1)
Title: Conrad and cinema: the art of adaptationAuthor: PHILLIPS, Gene D. Pages: 218p.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(14)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8954 FeetStock date: 1951BFI identifier: C-233640
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Video materials(1)
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-376751
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(13)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1221269
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8933 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-233644
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8954 FeetStock date: 1951BFI identifier: C-233640
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 8600 FeetBFI identifier: C-1606732
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteStock date: 1951BFI identifier: N-89396
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: Mainly safetySound: SoundStock date: 1951BFI identifier: N-89413
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating NegativeBase: NitrateBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1965Stock date: 1952BFI identifier: N-50430
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: Mainly safetySound: CombinedLength: 850 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-233639
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 5050 FeetStock date: 1951BFI identifier: C-233641
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: Mainly safetySound: CombinedLength: 2850 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-233642
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 900 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-233643
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Original / Dupe NegativeBase: MixedSound: MuteLength: 9875 FeetBFI identifier: C-1606728
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm PositiveBase: SafetyBFI identifier: C-233647
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status