Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise

Name: Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1985
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 7

1985 · 88 min

Documentary

★ 7.0

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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.

Crew

Director Robert D. Squier

Cast

F. Murray Abraham
Herman Melville
R
Robert Penn Warren
Interview
John Huston
Narrator
E
Emery Battis
Lemuel Shaw
M
Mikel Lambert
Elizabeth Melville
L
Larry Lewman
Nathaniel Hawthorne
N
Nancy Lewman
Sophia Hawthorne
M
Michael Tolaydo
Evert Duyckinck

Crew

Director — Robert D. Squier

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