Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise

Name: Herman Melville: Damned in Paradise
Cast: F. Murray Abraham, Robert Penn Warren, John Huston, Emery Battis, Mikel Lambert

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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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Cast & Crew

Director: Robert D. SquierProducer: Karen Thomas

F. Murray Abraham

as Herman Melville

Robert Penn Warren

as Interview

John Huston

as Narrator

Emery Battis

as Lemuel Shaw

Mikel Lambert

as Elizabeth Melville

Larry Lewman

as Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nancy Lewman

as Sophia Hawthorne

Michael Tolaydo

as Evert Duyckinck

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