A young charismatic and handsome black male with political aspirations finds himself confused on returning home when his romantic liaison with a white female tends to conflict with his political views. To complicate things, her brother-in-law is a very jealous man and plots to kill his wife.


Image scanned from book No Bed of Roses (1978) by Joan Fontaine.

James Mason.....Maxwell Fleury
Joan Fontaine.....Mavis Norman
Dorothy Dandridge.....Margot Seaton
Harry Belafonte.....David Boyeur

Island in the Sun was released by 20th Century-Fox in June of 1957 and premiered at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.