Directed by:
Albert LewinScreenplay:
Albert LewinCinematography:
Jack CardiffComposer:
Alan RawsthorneCast:
James Mason, Ava Gardner, Harold Warrender, Nigel Patrick, Marius Goring, Sheila Sim, Mario Cabré, John Laurie, Pamela Mason, Abraham Sofaer, Ricardo ValleVOD (1)
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Albert Lewin's adaptation of the 'Flying Dutchman' legend transposes the story into an upper-class English-speaking community in a small port in 1930s Spain. James Mason stars as Hendrick van der Zee, a man cursed to travel the seven seas until he can find a woman willing to die for his love. He certainly does not think he has discovered her when he meets beautiful, spoiled, nightclub singer and femme fatale Pandora Reynolds (Ava Gardner), who is engaged to be married to racing driver Stephen Cameron (Nigel Patrick) but is also being courted by hotheaded bullfighter Juan Montalvo (Mario Cabre). However, the pair soon discover that love can blossom in the unlikeliest of places. (Simply Media)
(more)Cast
James Mason
UK
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Ava Gardner
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
The Long Hot Summer (1985) (TV movie)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Harold Warrender
UK
Best movies:
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe (1952)
Contraband (1940)
Nigel Patrick
UK
Best movies:
The Browning Version (1951)
Battle of Britain (1969)
The Sound Barrier (1952)
Marius Goring
UK
Best movies:
The Red Shoes (1948)
Holocaust (1978) (series)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Sheila Sim
UK
Best movies:
The Magic Box (1951)
A Canterbury Tale (1944)
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)
Mario Cabré
Spain
Best movies:
John Laurie
UK
Best movies:
Hamlet (1948)
Richard III (1955)
The 39 Steps (1935)
Pamela Mason
UK
Best movies:
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
The Sandpiper (1965)
Caught (1949)
Abraham Sofaer
Burma
Best movies:
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Quo Vadis (1951)
Chisum (1970)
Ricardo Valle
Spain
Best movies:
Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito (1959)
One Way Ticket (1971)
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)