Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise

Overview

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.

Directed by Robert D. Squier

Top cast

F. Murray Abraham

Herman Melville

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Robert Penn Warren

Interview

John Huston

Narrator

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Emery Battis

Lemuel Shaw

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Mikel Lambert

Elizabeth Melville

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Larry Lewman

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Nancy Lewman

Sophia Hawthorne

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Michael Tolaydo

Evert Duyckinck

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