Outcast of the Islands

After financial improprieties are discovered at the Eastern trading company where he works, Peter Willems flees the resulting disgrace and criminal charges. He persuades the man who gave him his start in life, the merchant ship captain Lingard, to bring him to a trading post on a remote Indonesian island where he can hide out.

Cast

Trevor Howard

Trevor Howard

as Peter Willems

Ralph Richardson

Ralph Richardson

as Captain Tom Lingard

Robert Morley

Robert Morley

as Elmer Almayer

Wendy Hiller

Wendy Hiller

as Mrs. Almayer

Kerima

Kerima

as Aissa

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Wilfrid Hyde-White

as Vinck

George Coulouris

George Coulouris

as Babalatchi

Annabel Morley

Annabel Morley

as Nina Almayer

Peter Illing

Peter Illing

as Alagappan

Betty Ann Davies

Betty Ann Davies

as Mrs. Williams

Reviews

CinemaSerf

The plot here is a bit on the convoluted side, but is does allow Trevor Howard to remind us that he could play a nasty character just about as well as anyone. He’s been caught with his hand in the till and so is shunned by his bosses and his Far Eastern community. Fortunately, “Willems” manages to h...

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