Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise
(1985)

Released: 1985-05-15

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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.

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F. Murray Abraham

as Herman Melville

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John Huston

as Narrator

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Emery Battis

as Lemuel Shaw

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Mikel Lambert

as Elizabeth Melville

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Lary Lewman

as Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Nancy Lewman

as Sophia Hawthorne

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Michael Tolaydo

as Evert Duyckinck

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