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Diamond Head (film)
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| Diamond Head | |
|---|---|
 VHS cover for the film |
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| Directed by | Guy Green |
| Produced by | Jerry Bresler |
| Written by | Peter Gilman Marguerite Roberts |
| Starring | Charlton Heston Yvette Mimieux George Chakiris France Nuyen James Darren Aline MacMahon Elizabeth Allen |
| Music by | John Williams |
| Cinematography | Sam Leavitt |
| Editing by | William A. Lyon |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | January 30, 1963 |
| Running time | 107 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| All Movie Guide profile | |
| IMDb profile | |
Diamond Head was a 1963 movie starring Charlton Heston and Yvette Mimieux, directed by Guy Green. The original music score was composed by John Williams. Areas of Diamond Head are also used while filming the television series Lost which is filmed entirely on location on the island of Oʻahu. Seen from the Waikīkī Beach, Diamond Head looks just like the "black mountain" featured in Lost.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Charlton Heston | Richard "King" Howland |
| Yvette Mimieux | Sloan Howland |
| George Chakiris | Dr. Dean Kahana |
| France Nuyen | Mai Chen |
| James Darren | Paul Kahana |
| Aline MacMahon | Kappa Lani Kahana |
| Elizabeth Allan | Laura Beckett |
| Vaughn Taylor | Judge James Blanding |
| Philip Ahn | Mr. Immacona |
| Edward Mallory | Robert Parsons |
Richard "King" Howland is a swaggering bigot land-baron living on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, and does a spit take when his sister Sloan announces that she plans to marry Paul Kahana, a native Hawaiian. But in the meantime, Howland is having a torrid affair with Mai Chen. During Sloan and Paul's engagement party, Mai Chen's brother comes at Howland with a knife, but Paul intercedes and is killed. Bitter at Howland for Paul's death, Sloan runs off to Honolulu where she is taken in by Paul's brother Dean and his family.
Meanwhile, Mei Chen gives birth to Howland's child but dies during childbirth. Ever the rabid racist, Howland refuses the accept the child and Sloan takes it upon herself to care fop it. After an angry fight with Sloan and Dean, Howland is confronted with a personal dilemma — whether to continue on with his close-minded ways or to welcome his newborn son into his family.
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