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Plot

Twenty-one-year-old Anne Francis carries off the title-character duties in 20th Century-Fox's Lydia Bailey with class and finesse. Set in Haiti during the Napoleonic era, the film concerns aristocratic landholder Lydia Bailey and her more-than-professional relationship with American attorney Albion Hamlin (Dale Robertson). The idealistic Hamlin becomes involved in the Haitian uprising against the French, aligning himself with rebel leader--and former slave--King Dick (William Marshall). At first, Lydia sides with the French, but she eventually realizes that Hamlin's way is the right way. Based on a novel by Kenneth Roberts, Lydia Bailey was slated for TV presentation on NBC's Saturday Night at the Movies in 1963, but was pulled from the schedule because of a subplot involving miscegenation.
MPAA Rating:
Not Yet Rated
Genre(s):
Action,Drama,Epic and Historical
Run Time:
89min.
Theatrical Release Date:
02/16/2009
Director(s):
Jean Negulesco
Starring:
Dale Robertson , Anne Francis , Charles Korvin , William Marshall , Luis Van Rooten
Keywords:
America,France,against-all-odds,allegiance,business,business-trip,estate,fiancee,freedom,handsome,island,jungle,lawyer,leader,maid,owner,plantation,rebel,revolution,son,sympathy,takeover,trip,troops,war