The story of a café singer who buys a gambling casino, and the men who fall in love with her.The story of a café singer who buys a gambling casino, and the men who fall in love with her.The story of a café singer who buys a gambling casino, and the men who fall in love with her.
Peter Adams
- Clint Johnson
- (uncredited)
Leslie Denison
- Foster Williams
- (uncredited)
John Pickard
- P:arks - Henchman
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaIt was during the filming of this movie, that James Arness was called to test for Gunsmoke (1955), which made him a star.
- GoofsAfter fainting into Kelly's arms in a drunken stupor, he places Rosalind on his bed. When she awakens, she's back in the chair from which she had gotten up.
- Quotes
Evelyn Hammond: Had I died, he would've married you I'm sure. But I didn't die. Please, take this.
Rosalind Dee: There is no need for that.
Evelyn Hammond: Allow me to be the judge. Mr Hammond left his entire fortune to me. I'm glad he spent some hours of happiness with you. Now you try and find some. Money sometimes helps.
Featured review
A superior screenplay, filmed cheaply on location in the Bahamas.
Flame of the Islands is usually described as a story of a woman and the men in her life, but the heart of the story is about three women: Rosalind Dee, (Yvonne de Carlo); the woman of whose husband she was supposedly mistress, (Frieda Inescort), and the mother of the boy she had loved as a teenager, (Barbara O'Neil). Rosalind is a good woman corrupted by a desire for revenge over the woman who had destroyed her chance for happiness by separating her from the boy she loved as a teenager, but her revenge, small as it is, redounds on people she has every wish not to hurt. That part of the story is fascinating, and one could wish that the story were used in a more substantial production. Unfortunately, the movie ends with a bit of cheap melodrama not related to that storyline. James Arness plays a lay preacher, and one can't help loving a movie with the line: "OK, boys, stand up. Sing "Jesus Loves Me."
The film has a fine score by Nelson Riddle, incorporating two songs sung by Yvonne de Carlo which are wry commentary on the plot.
The film has a fine score by Nelson Riddle, incorporating two songs sung by Yvonne de Carlo which are wry commentary on the plot.
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- abner35
- Oct 7, 2006
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- A Foreign Adventure
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- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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