Movie

Lydia Bailey (1952)

• NR
• May 30, 1952
• 1h 29m

• History
• Adventure

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

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.

Director

Jean Negulesco

Writers

Michael Blankfort, Kenneth Roberts, Philip Dunne

Starring

Dale Robertson, Anne Francis, Charles Korvin