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Diamond Head is a american film of genre Drama directed by Guy Green released in USA on 13 february 1963 with Charlton Heston

Diamond Head (1962)

Diamond Head
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Released in USA 13 february 1963
Length 1h47
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating59% 2.9990552.9990552.9990552.9990552.999055

Diamond Head (1963) is a film starring Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, George Chakiris, and James Darren, directed by Guy Green, and released by Columbia Pictures. The original music score was composed by John Williams, Hugo Winterhalter composed the theme, and Darren sang the title song. The soundtrack album was released by Colpix Records (CP 440).

Silent film star Billie Dove makes her last film appearance in a brief cameo.

Synopsis

Richard "King" Howland is a swaggering bigoted land baron living on the Big Island of Hawaii. He objects when his sister, Sloan Howland, announces she plans to marry Paul Kahana, a native Hawaiian, even though Richard is having a torrid affair with an Asian woman, Mai Chen. During Sloan and Paul's engagement party, Mai Chen's brother attacks Richard with a knife. Paul tries to break up the fight and is killed. Bitter at her brother for Paul's death, Sloan runs off to Honolulu where she is taken in by Paul's brother, Dean, and his family.

Actors

Charlton Heston

(Richard 'King' Howland)Yvette Mimieux

(Sloane Howland)George Chakiris

(Dr. Dean Kahana)France Nuyen

(Mai Chen)James Darren

(Paul Kahana)
And :
Aline MacMahon
Elizabeth Allen
Philip Ahn
Vaughn Taylor
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