Lydia Bailey
Lydia Bailey ... is Haiti, Voodoo and Passion !
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
Cast
Bill Walker
General LaPlume
Anne Francis
Lydia Bailey
Juanita Moore
Marie (uncredited)
Dale Robertson
Albion Hamlin
William Marshall
King Dick
Luis van Rooten
General Charles LeClerc
Robert Evans
Soldier
Gladys Holland
Pauline Bonaparte (uncredited)
Will Wright
Consul (uncredited)
Charles Korvin
Col. Gabriel D'autremont
Roy Glenn
Mirabeau
Adeline De Walt Reynolds
Mme. Antoinette d'Autremont (uncredited)
Ken Renard
President Toussaint L'Overture (uncredited)