Island in the Sun is a 1957 drama film produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and directed by Robert Rossen. It features an ensemble cast including James Mason, Harry Belafonte, Joan Fontaine, Joan Collins, Dorothy Dandridge, Michael Rennie, Stephen Boyd, Patricia Owens, John Justin, Diana Wynyard, John Williams, and Basil Sydney. The film is about race relations and interracial romance set in the fictitious island of Santa Marta. Barbados and Grenada were selected as the sites for the movie based on the 1955 novel by Alec Waugh. The film was controversial at the time of its release for its on-screen portrayal of interracial romance.
Film poster by Jock Hinchliffe
The ruins of the Farley Hill mansion, which stood in for the Maxwell Fleury estate Bel Fontaine in the film
Robert Rossen was an American screenwriter, film director, and producer whose film career spanned almost three decades.
Rossen c. 1960
The gravesite of Robert Rossen