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Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise

05/15/1985

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1hr 28min

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Documentary

STORY

From the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia to the New York City docks where he worked as a customs inspector, this outstanding documentary tracks the personal and intellectual adventures of Herman Melville, one of the greatest talents in American literary history. Narrated by John Huston, the film includes readings and commentary by F. Murray Abraham, Robert Penn Warren, Alfred Kazan, and other notable writers and critics.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • F. Murray Abraham
  • Robert Penn Warren
  • John Huston
  • Emery Battis
  • Mikel Lambert

    Director

  • Robert D. Squier

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • The Film Company
  • Pyramid Media

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

F. Murray Abraham

Herman Melville

Emery Battis

Lemuel Shaw

Mikel Lambert

Elizabeth Melville

Nancy Lewman

Sophia Hawthorne

Michael Tolaydo

Evert Duyckinck