Main Cast: Dale Robertson, Anne Francis, Charles Korvin, William Marshall, Luis Van Rooten
Release Year: 1952
Country: US
Run Time: 89 minutes
Plot
Twenty-one-year-old Anne Francis carries off the title-character duties in 20th Century-Fox's Lydia Bailey with class and finesse. Set in Haiti during the Napoleonic era, the film concerns aristocratic landholder Lydia Bailey and her more-than-professional relationship with American attorney Albion Hamlin (Dale Robertson). The idealistic Hamlin becomes involved in the Haitian uprising against the French, aligning himself with rebel leader--and former slave--King Dick (William Marshall). At first, Lydia sides with the French, but she eventually realizes that Hamlin's way is the right way. Based on a novel by Kenneth Roberts, Lydia Bailey was slated for TV presentation on NBC's Saturday Night at the Movies in 1963, but was pulled from the schedule because of a subplot involving miscegenation. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Adeline Reynolds - Mme. d'Autremont; Gladys Holland - Pauline Bonaparte; Will Wright - Consul; Ken Renard - Toussaint; Juanita Moore - Marie; Carmen de Lavallade - Specialty Dancer; Martin Wilkins - Voodoo Priest; Alberto Morin - Lieutenant; Clancy Cooper - Codman; Mildred Boyd - Marmeline; Suzette Harbin - Floreal; Frances Williams - Cloryphene; Ken Terrell - Barbe; Louis Mercier - Millet; William Walker - Gen. LaPlume; Fred Cavens - Fencing Instructor; Bob Evans - Soldier; Roy E. Glenn, Sr. - Mirabeau; Rosalind Hayes - Aspodelle; Bill Washington - Deckhand
