In 1950's Hawaii, a bigoted and ruthless land baron, with political ambitions, bans his sister from marrying a native Hawaiian even though he himself has secretly impregnated an Asian woman.In 1950's Hawaii, a bigoted and ruthless land baron, with political ambitions, bans his sister from marrying a native Hawaiian even though he himself has secretly impregnated an Asian woman.In 1950's Hawaii, a bigoted and ruthless land baron, with political ambitions, bans his sister from marrying a native Hawaiian even though he himself has secretly impregnated an Asian woman.
- Newspaper Man
- (uncredited)
- Police Officer
- (uncredited)
- Blue Goose
- (uncredited)
- Loe Kim Lee
- (uncredited)
- Mario
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaAlthough considerable publicity announced the return of Billie Dove to the screen in this film after a thirty year absence, her scenes ended up on the cutting room floor, and she is nowhere to be seen. This film would have been her last.
- Goofs(at around 11 mins) King touches his plane down on the runway, and Mario is shown driving up in a Jeep to meet the plane about seven seconds later; however, the plane is parked very near to where it landed. At landing velocity, an aircraft would have been hundreds of yards down the runway (no reverse thrust with propellers) and could not possibly have returned to that spot by the time Mario drives up (seconds after touchdown).
- Quotes
Dr. Dean Kahanna: [to Sloane] There's a war going on inside your head, it up to you who win's. If Paul had lived he would have had to battle your brother for you for the rest of your life. As for me, I wouldn't sleep well three to a bed.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)
As for that other stuff, cast, acting, directing, story, dialogue, etc. Well, this is a soap opera and don't expect too much more except that the plot angles focus on race, ethnic relations and class and this gives them a bit more substance than some other soap operas such "The Picnic" or "Portrait in Black". At the time, it probably skated the line between being edgy enough to intrigue the audience but not so controversial to be scandalous. Today, it comes across as pretty mild although the issues themselves have certainly not disappeared.
Nothing and no one is either brilliant or terrible although Philip Ahn's small part is excellent and produces a strong moment. Heston has his huge screen presence but this is not one of his classic roles. There is not enough there for it to possibly become that. Mimieux looks great and her role is as essential as Heston's and is a soap opera archetype. Nuyen also looks great and, as usual for her in the 60s, melancholy.
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- May 13, 2014
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- Also known as
- Gospodar Havajev
- Filming locations
- Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA(Royal Hawaiian Hotel)
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- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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