The Seventh Dawn Movie Review 1964

Cliched adventure romance set in Malaysia in 1945. Guerrilla fighter Ferris (Holden) decides to become a landowner and stay on with mistress Dhana (Capucine) after the war. Ferris's old buddy Ng (Tamba) takes off for Moscow and returns indoctrinated and determined to convert the country to Communism. Ng and his fighters exclude Ferris from their attacks until British governor Trumphrey (Goodliffe) accuses Dhana of treason and threatens to execute her. So Ferris has to get Ng or risk Dhana. The young York plays Candace, the governor's daughter who has a crush on Ferris and helps him out. Based on the novel "The Durian Tree" by Michael Koen.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 123 minutes.
Originally from British, United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 1940s, Island Fare, Romantic Adventures, Communists & Communism

Screenplay

Karl Tunberg

Cast

William Holden, Capucine, Susannah York, Tetsuro Tamba, Michael Goodliffe, Allan Cuthbertson, Maurice Denham, Beulah Quo

Cinematography

Frederick A. (Freddie) Young

Director

Lewis Gilbert

Music

Riz Ortolani